EXCLUSIVE — Casey Anthony's father appeared for the first time in front of his Florida home this week ahead of the release of a television special scheduled to air Thursday at 9pm ET, and he and his wife agreed to take a polygraph test.
Casey Anthony, 37, known as “America's Most Hated Mother,'' was charged with murdering her two-year-old daughter, Caylee, in 2008, but claims her father was the real culprit.
George Anthony, 72, and Cindy Anthony, 65, are currently speaking out on A&E's new special, “Casey Anthony's Parents: The Lie Detector Test.” The show airs about a year after Casey Anthony further alleged that George may have sexually abused her. George has repeatedly denied the allegations in the 2022 Peacock TV documentary series Who Killed Caylee.
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George Anthony is seen outside his home in Orlando, Florida on Tuesday, January 2, 2024. Anthony will appear in a TV special about the suspicious death of his granddaughter Caylee Anthony. (Mark Sims, Fox News Digital)
George appeared relatively calm as he walked by his home and spoke on the phone Tuesday.
He also seems to have lost a lot of weight over the past year.
George Anthony appears to have lost weight over the past year. (MEGA; Mark Sims of Fox News Digital)
In the new TV special, George and Cindy take polygraph tests to prove their innocence of murdering their granddaughter.
A clip from the special shows George “struggling” to answer questions. Retired FBI Special Agent George Olivo. In the next show, the parents will also answer the results of a polygraph test.
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“When I met them, they broke up right away, and I tested George first,” Olivo previously told FOX News Digital. “Nothing really stood out.”
“On the surface, they seem like a normal couple who have been together for a long time.”
Olivo said polygraph tests are “85 to 90 percent accurate” when administered correctly.
Cindy first reported Caylee missing on July 15, 2008, about a month after the infant was last seen on June 15, 2008. Cindy also told police at the time that Casey's impounded car smelled like a corpse, and an expert later testified during her trial. There was evidence of human remains in the trunk of the car.
George Anthony speaks on a cell phone outside his home on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, in Orlando, Florida. (Mark Sims, Fox News Digital)
Casey was arrested the same year in connection with her daughter's disappearance and death, initially telling police that her daughter disappeared while she was with a babysitter.
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Caylee Anthony went missing for several months starting in June 2008, but her body was finally found in December 2008, about a half-mile from her parents' home in Florida. (Getty Images)
After her daughter's death in June 2008, Casey left home and spent the next month with her boyfriend, but apparently did not report any crimes involving her daughter.
“I truly believed that Caylee was still alive,” she said on Peacock's 2022 series “Casey Anthony: Where Is the Truth?”
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A few months later, in December 2008, public works workers discovered Caylee's skeletal remains in a wooded area about a half-mile from the Anthony family's home.
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Jose Baez, who represented Casey Anthony in a month-long trial in 2011, claimed that Caylee accidentally drowned in her family's above-ground pool in June 2008, and that Casey's parents then claimed her They covered up the death and claimed that George had tried to dispose of the body. Cindy vehemently denied it.
In the new TV special, George and Cindy Anthony take a polygraph test to prove their innocence of murdering their granddaughter. (©️2023, A&E Television Networks, LLC Photo: Mary Beth Koeth)
Prosecutors argued that Casey Anthony suffocated her daughter with chloroform and taped the 2-year-old's mouth shut.
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After 11 hours of deliberation, a Florida jury found Casey Anthony not guilty of first-degree murder, aggravated manslaughter and aggravated child abuse. This case remains unsolved to this day.
In December 2008, utility workers discovered Caylee Anthony's skeletal remains in a wooded area about a half-mile from the Anthony family's home. (©️2023, A&E Television Networks, LLC Photo: Mary Beth/Getty Images Koeth)
“Your daughter is accusing you of some pretty damning things,” Olivo previously said. “If they claim they haven't done anything, it's like the old saying goes: It's bad if you do it, and it's bad if you don't do it. If you don't say anything, it's the same thing. The critics will say, “Look, they didn't say anything, so they must be guilty.'' And if they speak up… the critics will say, “They'll take advantage of that.'' He would say, 'I am doing it.' ”
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“Casey Anthony's Parents: The Lie Detector Test” will air on A&E on January 4th at 9pm.
Fox News Digital’s Stephanie Nolasco, Stephanie Pagones and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
