Casey Anthony, the Florida mother acquitted of killing her child in 2011, has launched a TikTok account and Substack to promote her new career as a "legal advocate."
In a three-minute video posted on March 1, Anthony encouraged viewers to subscribe to her social media platform and online newsletter, which she said she would use to advocate for women, the LGBTQ community, and her deceased daughter, Caylee.
"This is my first of probably many recordings on a series that I'm starting," Anthony said in the video recorded from her car. "I am a legal advocate. I am a researcher. I've been in the legal field since 2011 and 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."
Anthony made headlines over 20 years ago when her two-year-old daughter went missing in the summer of 2008, yet she did not report the disappearance for a month. The child's body was found in December of that same year in a wooded area behind the Orlando home of Anthony's parents, George and Cindy Anthony.
In 2011, Anthony stood trial for Caylee's murder, but was controversially acquitted. Her defense team argued that the child died of accidental drowning, and Anthony has blamed her parents for the death.
Anthony tells viewers on the video that she would be posting regularly on legal issues, including privacy rights, saying some people close to her have been targeted and attacked, and that she would be "a proponent for the LGBTQ community [and] women's rights".
"So as a proponent for the LGBTQ community, for legal community, women's rights, I feel that it's important that I use this platform that was thrust upon me and now look at as a blessing, as opposed to the curse that it has been since 2008," she said.
By Monday afternoon, the account had more than 46,000 followers and the video has more than 2.2 million views. Subscriptions to her Substack channel cost $10 a month or $100 annually. She also offers free subscriptions with limited content, according to the website.
"My goal is to continue to help give a voice to people, to give people tools and resources that they can utilize.
8 Comments
Matzomaster
Good for her! Everyone deserves a second chance.
Karamba
I wish her all the best.
Rotfront
Justice for Caylee!
Matzomaster
I hope she rots in hell.
Rotfront
She's a role model for other women who have been through similar experiences.
Raphael
She's a survivor. She's been through a lot and she's coming out stronger than ever.
Michelangelo
She should be ashamed of herself. She's a disgrace to mothers everywhere.
Donatello
Legal advocate? More like a master manipulator. She's using her platform to exploit the LGBTQ+ community and women's rights for her own gain.