Casey Anthony shared a puzzling TikTok video ‘reintroducing herself’ as a legal advocate, sparking an immense uproar from angry viewers.
Casey, 38, garnered the nation’s attention when she was accused of killing her two-year-old daughter Caylee in 2008.
The controversial mother – who was spotted partying just days after her toddler went missing – was acquitted of murder charges in 2011.
On Saturday, she broke her social media silence to go on a three-and-a-half-minute tangent, ultimately promoting the launch of her Substack account.
‘Raw, uncut, unfiltered,’ she captioned the post. ‘It’s time we stand in the light together.’
She started off by saying the video is ‘the first of many’ to come in a new series. She did not specify what kind of series it will be.
‘I am a legal advocate, I am a researcher, I’ve been in the legal field since 2011,’ she asserted as she sat in her car.
‘In this capacity, I feel that it’s necessary if I’m going to continue to operate appropriately as a legal advocate that I start to advocate for myself and also advocate for my daughter.’
She went on to say her announcement is not a response to anything her parents George and Cindy have done, possibly alluding to accusations made by Casey that George was abusive towards her and Caylee.
Casey had also accused her father of being involved in Caylee’s death and disposing of her body.
‘The whole point of this is to begin to reintroduce myself. I’m doing this both personally for me, but in a professional capacity,’ she claimed.
‘My goal is to continue to help give a voice to people, to give people tools and resources that they can utilize so they actually know where they can turn to.’
Casey declared she is a ‘proponent for the LGBTQ community’ and ‘women’s rights’ after vaguely describing how people in her inner circle ‘have been targeted and attacked.’
She continued: ‘I feel that it’s important that I use this platform that was thrust upon me, and now look at it as a blessing as opposed to the curse that it has been since 2008.’
Casey urged viewers to subscribe to her Substack and claimed she is going to set up an email to speak with people about their legal complications directly.
Shifting focus to her person goals, the she said as her internet presence expands, she will prioritize her privacy.
‘I am proverbially standing in the light, embracing this peace – still going to keep my privacy intact,’ Casey said in the cryptic video.
‘I will explain in great detail why it’s so important for people to protect their privacy.’
From there, she spoke about Substack again, alleging it is a safer medium than Instagram, Facebook or Tiktok.
‘With the current climate in our country especially, [privacy] is that much more important, which is why I am utilizing the Substack platform,’ she said.
Substack is ‘a subscription-based platform that lets writers publish newsletters, podcasts, and videos directly to their audience,’ according to its website. Casey’s account has 680 subscribers.
Her bio reads: ‘It has been more than 16 years since my name became a household one.
‘Everyone seems to have an opinion – about me, and about my life. I am an advocate, a researcher. These are my words, this is my REAL life.’
Casey has disabled her TikTok comment section on the Saturday video, but passionate viewers did not hold back when they shared their reactions on X.
‘If you’re in prison does that count as being in the “legal field”?’ one user wrote, questioning Casey’s credibility as an advocate.
Another person commented: ‘If there was ever a “nobody cares what you think” ranking system, she’s probably somewhere near the top.’
‘How in the world could she have thought this was a good idea?’ someone chimed in.
Despite being adamant about people following her on Substack, many of the its users have not warmly welcomed the infamous mother.
‘Casey, you want us to know of you but to forget about your story, what made you infamous and why you were in jail. Please. Your opinion is one that we can all live without out,’ a woman wrote under one of Casey’s messages.
Another person questioned: ‘You only seem to be advocating for yourself. What about your daughter?’
Caylee was last seen alive on June 16, 2008, and was reported missing to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office by Cindy nearly a month later on July 15.
In a 911 call, the grandmother told dispatchers she had not seen Caylee for 31 days and that she had smelled a foul odor emanating from her daughter’s car – as if a dead body was inside it.
Cindy revealed Casey, who was 21 at the time, had given inconsistent explanations about the child’s whereabouts. Eventually, she admitted to Cindy that she had not seen Caylee for weeks.
Casey was arrested on July 16, 2008, and questioned at Orange County Jail.
She lied to detectives and said Caylee had been kidnapped by a nanny on June 9. She claimed she was trying to find her but was too frazzled to tell police.
Casey said the nanny was named Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez. However, it was soon determined she never had a nanny and the woman, an acquaintance of Casey’s, had never met her daughter.
Casey was charged with giving false statements to law enforcement, child neglect and obstruction of a criminal investigation the next day. She was initially denied bail by a judge.
Her bail was later set at $500,000 at a bond hearing on July 22, 2008, and she was released a month later when the money was posted by the nephew of a California bail bondsman.
In October 2008, she was indicted on charges of first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter of a child and four counts of providing false information to police, and was arrested again.
Meanwhile, cops and thousands of volunteers combed Orange County and Greater Orlando for the child, whose remains were found in a trash bag on December 11, 2008, with more remains found in nearby woods close to the family’s home.
About a week later, it was confirmed that the body parts were Caylee’s.
Casey was acquitted on the first-degree murder count, as well as the manslaughter and child abuse charges during her trial.
The jurors did, however, find her guilty on four counts of providing false information to police – landing her a four-year prison sentence.
Anthony was given credit for time served in prison and was released on July 17, 2011, 12 days after the trial’s conclusion.