Casey Anthony’s estranged father could sue her for defamation after she claimed he raped her and killed her daughter, top lawyers told The Post.
The woman once called “America’s most hated mom” made the bombshell allegations in a new Peacock docu-series, in which she calls her ex-cop father George Anthony a “pedophile” and accuses him of being responsible for the death of two-year-old Caylee.
Anthony also accused her dad of having repeatedly raped her growing up. She initially made the claims at her 2011 trial for killing Caylee — in which she was acquitted — and now repeats them in the Peacock show.
George has previously denied both claims and refused to comment further.
If her claims are false, she could be in serious legal liability, New York intellectual property lawyer Richard Altman told The Post.
“If she said it at her trial, that would be privileged,” Altman explained. “If she says it outside of a court proceeding then of course it’s actionable and if she repeats it now, even though this happened years ago, in theory [her dad] has a year to go after her.”
Alan Lewis, a partner at Carter Ledyard & Milburn who specializes in defamation cases and criminal defense, explained that regardless of whether Anthony’s statements about her dad were true or false, her words are legally considered a “statement of fact” – opening up the possibility of a legal case.
“The statement so-and-so raped me is a factual statement that can be proven or disproven and therefore it...
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