Prediction: By 2020, Casey Anthony will regret the not-guilty verdict

[Ruby the Liberal]

Follow me for a second as to what the next ~decade could likely look like and whether she is prepared for it:

2008: Attractive party animal with a self-centered psychosis that allowed her to compartmentalize the loss of her daughter to the point of hiding the loss for a month before her mother finally reports it to police 31 days after the fact. In that 31 days, partying, more partying and the addition of an 'in memory of my daughter' tattoo.

This is 110% tabloid behavior - The nation is aghast over the entire concept that a mother could even do this. This is what they feed on.

2011: Trial begins with the DA having raised the stakes in 2010 by going after a needle in her arm before a body was even found. Given the opportunity via motion to back off during trial, they doubled down. They didn't have the facts to make the case so she is free to go with time served over the lesser charges (assuming that happens Thursday). Has yet to show any remorse or grief for anything other than the fact that she got caught, thus strong opinions formed between whats 'right' and the judicial system as designed. Instant media circus.

She may not be charged as guilty, however; she is now tabloid fodder.

Forward: Yeah, she will likely get mountains of money for books, movies, whatever. Lindsey and Paris, move over. This is a psychological train wreck who has now fallen into some money capitalizing on her story and its off to the bars! However; unlike Lindsey/Paris, this woman has been locked up since her crimes (4 of 7 were guilty for you literalists). She is not used to this kind of limelight nor this kind of attention.

Photogs from every tabloid on the planet are now tracking her every move. For every 'gotcha' shot sold to TMZ or RadarOnline, 3 more Photogs join the parade. The more photo opportunities, the more she stays in the headlines (Palin could only dream of the attention).

In a few years, things calm down and she decides to get married. Tabloid BatLight shines brightly over Gotham and she is on pregnancy watch. Pregnancy to term, birth given and flash forward to the first day of school as the tabloids gather to see if her since sheltered kiddo is still with us and actually showing up for class.

Sorry if this was so rambling. Just suggesting that I hope she knows what she is in for the moment she steps out of that jail this week. Her life has changed forever - and something tells me she has no idea what to expect being so sheltered from the media the last few years.

Her actions in 2008 were tabloid gold and perception is that she got away with a horrific, unspeakable crime due to prosecutorial overreach and incompetence. They will be up her ass for years with zoom lens aimed waiting on the money shot. Karma is a bitch.

Good luck, Casey. I hope, if nothing else, the presence of your new paparazzi friends keeps you on the straight and narrow and not endangering the life or health of another soul.

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. You forgot the continuing reports of the family fighting over the residuals

of the books and movies
and
the lawsuits against the state for ...oh hell, whatever their lawyer of the moment convinces them is the winnah!!! suit.

Be of good cheer, remember that Casey IS a narcissist, she will continue to stretch out her notoriety as she lurches from
flashbulb to flashbulb.

[Ruby the Liberal]

2. I missed that. Of course, I didn't presume they would have been cleared to profit on the story

so probably just overlooked the random 'if if if bla bla bla'.

What a train wreck.

[Ruby the Liberal]

3. LOL! Out in force

Hello unreccing crew!

[Rebubula]

46. UnRec

Just for calling out UnRecs


I never UnRec UNLESS the OP comes in the thread and mentions\complains about it.

[Gabi Hayes]

4. yep. death row sure is better than all your ludicrous scenarios

almost as ludicrous as the prosecutor's overcharging, lack of being able to prove anything but the lying to prosecutors, and the benighted responses of so many here at DU

never has this place been as freeperish as today

gigantic unrec for stupendous fail

[Ruby the Liberal]

6. Um, my guess was for Manslaughter, but thanks for putting words in my mouth,

No way were they going to get a Capital offense out of this. Figured that was understood. Sorry for not explaining it in so many words. I thought it was clear. My bad.

[Gabi Hayes]

50. OK. got it. sorry for being a jerk, but OP didn't say manslaughter

the prosecutors went all in, and they couldn't make ONE forensic charge stick.

not one

could it be the jury was right....they had NO CASE?

she's clearly badly messed up, but her father ABUSED her. what's the evidence, you say?

ask any competent therapist that deals with this on a daily basis. she fits the mold in an almost cliche-like manner

[csziggy]

5. Nah - she'll be another Octomom

She is too unlikeable for anyone to want to see or hear anything about her. Casey will be broke and in the gutter in a year or two. Her parents will divorce (unless the father gets suicidal again and takes out his wife and Casey before killing himself), the house will go into foreclosure and the mother will end up living in a nursing home while Casey steals her Medicare and Social Security money.

[Ruby the Liberal]

7. Now that is depressing

I figured for a Brittany neuvo-riche train wreck. This is a much bleaker picture.

I still don't think she knows how much her life has changed in the last 3 years either way. Can't say right now as to which scenario would be more justified. Just as long as there aren't children involved in it all and having to live through it with this dysfunctional group.

[DURHAM D]

10. After she is broke she will be "born again".

I expect her to have a career on Christian Broadcast Network. Hope she can sing a little or at least jingle a tambourine.

[LoZoccolo]

16. Your scenario is closer to what I think will happen.

I don't think she'll get "famous" like the scenario in the OP. People didn't really want to prop up OJ or Octomom, as you say. One thing that I think might be different, but I'm not sure, is that I think Octomom may have a few friends, whereas Casey may have alienated hers. It would seem to be weird to try to pick up where she left off.

Then again, even John Mark Karr managed to get engaged to an attractive young woman not long after confessing to something heinous, albeit falsely.

[Ruby the Liberal]

21. Karr - was that the guy who tried to confess to Jon Benet?

He got married?

I thought he was gay?

[LoZoccolo]

26. He almost got married.

I'm not sure what she was thinking, but during an interview I remember saying something about forgiving John because people need forgiveness, and started crying. It sounded like she felt guilty about something, but there wasn't a real hint of what it was.

[Ruby the Liberal]

30. Missed that drama. Well, there is always one seeking the spotlight.

RIP Jon Benet, Caylee and all of the other child victims of these heinous crimes. I am sorry that there are adults in this world that would ever aim to harm a hair on your young souls. Some day we will know what your fate(s) were and will be able to properly atone.

angels

[Tuesday Afternoon]

53. sadly, I find this portion of your statement to be somewhat plausible:

Her parents will divorce (unless the father gets suicidal again and takes out his wife and Casey before killing himself)

[Drahthaardogs]

8. She might just "disappear" herself

I would bet money that there are vendettas being planned by groups of people as we speak. She better hope she has money. 24-hour surveillance might be required for her continuing safety.

[Ruby the Liberal]

9. I saw a presser right after the closing ended where the Sheriff spoke about stepped up patrols

whatever news channel was on in the office was talking about death faxes from people claiming to be part of the original search team.

What a nightmare. I pity the people who live in that neighborhood. Read one quoted as saying that they hoped she got off so that the family could collect their movie deal money and move out so their lives could go back to normal. I couldn't imagine living in that circus.

[BiggJawn]

11. Dead from a drug OD by 2016.

Yeah, I know, not nice. Maybe I'll be wrong.

[Moses2SandyKoufax]

12. Wow,

haven't seen you around in long time. How's it going?

[BiggJawn]

41. Doin' OK, considering...

... that this is becoming less and less a nice country to grow old in.
How're you doing?

[Incitatus]

14. I wouldn't rule out vigilante justice before that.

There are some crazy fuckers here in FL.

[Ruby the Liberal]

19. Ouch!

In as much as I want to see justice done, with all of the responses, life in prison keeps looking better and better.

[davidpdx]

13. I agree it is possible she'll write a book, I'd bet publishers are lining up to talk to her

I also think there is a possibility of a slander suit from her father against both her and her lawyer. The defense made claims that clearly they could't back up in an attempt to turn the trial into a sideshow.

It is possible 4 or 5 years from now most people will forget. Changing her name and having a little facial surgery might help her hide her identity.

[Ruby the Liberal]

22. If it were me,

I would change my face, nationality, and write under a pen name AND sterilization after self-reflection as to what genes I am contributing to the pool. Seriously.

[center rising]

15. Casey Anthony will be in jail in the next three years

She should consider herself lucky she isn't there now.

[onenote]

17. for what?

Since you're the one with a crystal ball, please enlighten us.

[Ruby the Liberal]

24. Under what charges? nt

[Shagbark Hickory]

18. Or she could just move.

And start a-new.

[Anakin Skywalker]

28. To where? Who in America hasn't heard of her by now? Unless overseas.....

[Anakin Skywalker]

29. Maybe she can join that Foxy Knoxy chick over in Italy and party every day!

[Shagbark Hickory]

45. Or maybe Joran Vandersloot.

OR did he get locked up? Can't remember.

[krabigirl]

42. trust me, many people haven't, or are at least not overly familiar with the case.

[treestar]

47. And will forget about it fairly quickly

There's going to a other things in the news.

[Diclotican]

48. krabigirl

krabigirl

Even me, who are overseas, are vagualy in the know with the case.. Its a ugly case anway you look at it.. And im not suprised if she had killed the child.. Everything is posible... She dosen't sound like a good girl/woman to me..

Diclotican

[Shagbark Hickory]

44. Oh yeah, I was talking about overseas. nm

[Shagbark Hickory]

52. If I was her, I'd make as much as I could on book deals and what not then move to

New Zealand.

[nadinbrzezinski]

20. Hmm what about this scenario?

Her life has changed, she decides to start anew and just don't give any to the tabloids?

Most people who are found not guilty of the horrific crimes they were charged with try to move on with their lives. Yes, it could happen. Mostly it does, most of the time

[Ruby the Liberal]

27. Does her past history of 'moving on' after the disappearance of her daughter

give you that idea? Because, that I agree with. She moved on emotionally 3 years ago. In the flash of a pan. 2011 is just cleanup to get the security deposit back.

I would question if she has the means, and even if the book/movie deal comes through in enough time to salvage the first week of post-jail Anthony-at-large household drama - what makes you so sure that the tabloids won't be smack on her tail watching for the money shot, regardless of where she runs?

[nadinbrzezinski]

34. She is a private citizen

until she starts making a life out of the story... private citizen rules applies. The moment she makes one cent from this in the public eye, that goes away and she becomes fair game for the paparazzi...

And yes it could happen... and her life has radically changed... the experience will do that to a person. The immature kid that went to jail is not the same woman coming out.

I know some here would like to see her burn in hell, and jail time and all that. Well I wish her the ability to remake her life OUTSIDE the media's eye.

If the system works... she should be give the OPPORTUNITY to do JUST THAT.

[Ruby the Liberal]

37. Is Paris Hilton a private citizen?

Unlike Lindsey Lohan (convict) and Brittany Spears (entertainer).

Sis, I am not *wishing* paparazzi treatment on her, I am merely *predicting* it.

Like it or not, she IS a public figure.

Does she have the good judgement to follow your recommendations? We shall see. My money says she is unknowningly out of her league on this, and the answer is no.

Hence the premise that 10 years from now, she will reflect if life in prison (or 30 years) wouldn't have been a better option given the circumstances and her choice as how to handle them at her age today.

[nadinbrzezinski]

39. Actually Paris Hilton has crossed that line

willfully... so no, the rules that apply to you and me do not apply to her.

Notice the rest of her family is pretty much left alone and it is not because they are less fascinating or dysfunctional either.

Her defense team might offer to get her a cease order as long as she remains private. Now if she gets a contract on her story... well then... by all means then .

[JI7]

40. Paris Hilton is an entertainer also, she has done TV shows

[Johonny]

32. I don't know

my limited experience of people I know that got away with stuff over and over is they eventually get caught with something and end up in jail. She stole money, she conned, she probably murdered. She seems like the kind of person that will get in trouble again and again. Some people spend 3 years in jail have a life changing experience. Most just learn how to be better criminals.

[JVS]

23. "Adults loved to say things like that but kids knew better. We knew darn well it was always better..

not to get caught"

[JCMach1]

25. Prediction: within 24 months she will make an appearance on a reality TV show

[Ruby the Liberal]

33. Sadly, I opened a journal tonight so as to not lose this in my bookmarks.

I am not wishing this on her - I just don't think it will take 24 months given the not-guilty plea and the need for income. As seen above, others have much more dire predictions as to what the next few years could bring.

I prefer her in jail thinking about her actions/motivations/priorities for the next 30 years, but given the hand she has been dealt, it will be interesting to see how it plays out. She isn't Brittany or Paris. This is new ground and I would guess that anyone with an open checkbook will get a booking followed by the photogs looking for the gotcha-shot before/afterwards.

As mentioned, if the tabloids keep her busy enough where she can't harm another soul ever again, then all the more power to them. They kept the Democratic party from making the mistake of nominating John Edwards (love you/miss you Elizabeth). Broken clocks and 2x a day and all that.

[DURHAM D]

36. "Real Murderers of Orlando"?

[Kaleva]

31. I don't think George & Cindy have a "Welcome Home!" sign for Casey.

[Ruby the Liberal]

35. Thank you for catching my main point (albeit lousily mistated by me)

She was grifting before her daughter went 'missing', she has no job, no job history, some seriously bad blood within family, and no money.

They release her Thursday with no where to go, no money, no job prosects...

Well, either HBO wires cash by Friday, or the TMZ/RadarOnline crowd is going to be stalking her like Sally Struthers filming starving children in Africa ("hey - can't someone from the camera crew give that kid a sandwich?" /1990s joke)

They will stalk her either way, but I am sure it would be in her best interest to be at the Hyatt under HBO's bill where she can slip out the service entrance than Joe & Antony's apartment where she is crashing on a futon in the spare bedroom.

[Zax2me]

38. A NORMAL person might. Not her.

She is a murderer, of her own child.
She doesn't live on the same planet mentally as you or I so this is all guess work.
I do agree that she will suffer, eventually, so, guess I agree with your end result.

[flvegan]

43. "Karma is a bitch."

So that's a conviction on your part, right no matter how unspoken?

[Ruby the Liberal]

51. Not at all. I'm leaving it up to karma to decide.

Sometimes karma can be harsher than human justice. Time will tell.

[watercolors]

49. She maybe free, but

will ilve in a prision of suspicion the rest of her life. Pay back can turn out to be a bitch!!