ORLANDO, Fla. – Casey Anthony, the Central Florida mother who was acquitted of murdering her 2-year-old daughter in 2011 during one of the first high-profile criminal trials of the internet age, posted TikTok videos Saturday promoting her new online newsletter.
“This is my first of probably many recordings on a series that I am starting,” Anthony said in the TikTok video, which generated more than a million views over the weekend.
The video encouraged viewers to visit Anthony’s new Substack channel, an online platform where writers can publish subscription-based newsletters.
Subscriptions to Anthony’s Substack channel cost $10 a month or $100 annually, although she also offers free subscriptions with limited content, the website shows.
“As a proponent for the LGBTQ community, for our 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 it as a blessing, as opposed to the curse that it has been since 2008,” Anthony said in the TikTok video.
Anthony’s daughter Caylee was reported missing in July 2008, more than a month after Anthony initially claimed she left the toddler with a nanny.
In December 2008, the 2-year-old’s remains were found in a wooded area a few blocks away from the east Orange County home that Anthony shared with her parents, George and Cindy Anthony.
During Anthony’s trial, which was widely followed on social media as prosecutors sought the death penalty, defense attorney Jose Baez argued that the toddler had accidentally drowned in the backyard swimming pool.
The jury acquitted Anthony of her daughter’s murder but found her guilty of giving false statements to law enforcement.
Following her release from jail in July 2011, Anthony remained mostly out of public view while reportedly working in Palm Beach County for a private investigator who assisted her defense team.
In the 2022 Peacock documentary “Casey Anthony: Where the Truth Lies”, Anthony described her work while maintaining her innocence in her daughter’s death.
“I am a legal advocate. I am a researcher. I’ve been in the legal field since 2011,” Anthony said in the TikTok video, which was recorded in a car. “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.”
Although Anthony said she may use her Substack platform to address issues involving her parents, who still live in Orange County, she insists most of her content will be related to professional matters.
“The whole point of this is for me to begin to reintroduce myself,” said Anthony. “I’m doing this both personally for me, but in a professional capacity moving forward.”
