another casuality of reality tv?

in september 2006, melinda duckett shot herself only hours before an interview with nancy grace was set to air. she left three suicide notes, one to her parents, one to her grandparents, and one to the general public.

melinda's little boy trenton had been missing for a week. she said someone cut the screen, came in his window, and took him. one witness places her and the baby at a restaurant around the same time. melinda's death effectively ended law enforcements investigation into some areas.

to this day, her son trenton has not been found. her notes seem to indicate the boy may be alive causing some to wonder if she sold/gave him to someone. but, of course, it could also mean she really didn't know what happened to him.

melinda had expected the interview to be sympathetic. I suppose she might never have seen nancy's show. whether the interview started politely, it ended with nancy relentlessly demanding answers while pounding her desk.

some people believe this was too much for melinda and caused her to kill herself. in fact, her family is suing. nancy says melinda's "guilty conscience" caused her to commit suicide. melinda has been described as "troubled" before any of this happened. nancy did run the segment despite melinda's death.

so, nancy didn't want to be deposed on camera. she was denied that request which seems fair. she played cindy anthony's deposition for the civil suit brought by zenaida fernandez-gonzalez (zfg is suing casey anthony).

many of the questions cindy was asked pertain to caylee marie anthony, her three-year-old murdered granddaughter. since casey is on trial for her life, cindy probably would rather her deposition not be shown on tv. nancy showed it, so her not wanting her own deposition filmed is interesting.

however, I found it interesting that cindy came to think of anyone who was watching caylee as "zanny". that seems very, very weird to me.

I didn't know this until I was reading websleuths yesterday, but "zany" means xanax. was caylee's "babysitter" actually being drugged by partying mom casey? did casey turn to chloroform after she couldn't get xanax or it stopped working? anyway, there's a big thread about this. some also think "zenaida" was casey's alter ego.

back on topic, I think people involved with serious crimes (accused, witness, victim, etc.) and interviews with the media gets into some very weird areas. I wonder how it affects investigations and trials, not to mention the mental health of some people.

skanks and non-skanks! :)

today has been a day of the word "skank" being thrown around a lot on my tv and on the internets.

first, I was hideously disappointed to find that the tabloid at the checkout has lied (shocking, I know)! they tantalized me with the hope casey "skanky" anthony had changed her plea to guilty in exchange for her life. as far as I can tell, she hasn't done that.

granted, everyone has been chattering about that golfing skank tiger woods today. they can scarcely speak of anything else.

elin didn't wear her wedding ring today ya'll. er... duh. I don't know (or care) if she'll leave or stay. but when your male slut husband acquires a harem; you're allowed to leave the ring at home if you want.
heck, maybe she sold that bad boy (the ring, not the ho). then, if he wants her back... he's got to get her a new one.

I am so tired of everyone trying to "understand" tiger's behavior. well, how about he's a pro athlete and is livin' the life and would've kept doing it if he hadn't gotten caught.

although, I did find a site that says he's gay. there are some elements of the gay lifestyle that are a mystery me, but i'm pretty sure he's doing it wrong.

speaking of male skanks, the skank chris brown twittered a lamentation against walmart. they do not sell his latest crappy ass cd. no one cares, chris.

then there are the 13 mistresses. a lot of people are calling them "skanks" and saying they don't have jobs! yes, they do have jobs. "porn star" is a job. "hostess" is a job. "reality show ho" is a job. plus, there are some waitresses and everyone in hollywood should know THAT'S a job.
i'm not as offended by the girls as some people. some people wonder why they're all "the same type of girl".

well, speaking for the non-skank population I will say that we try to avoid men who are married with children. hello? that's a big deal.

also, I fail to see the amazing good looks tiger woods allegedly has (maybe he looks totally different in person). his sport is waiting at the dmv boring.

the only thing he really has going for him is $$$. but the people who'd have sex with someone for money are, by definition, whores (no offense, ladies, i'm not the one criticizing you) so this is going to lead around to a certain type...
plus, tiger is a total skank himself. these girls are all practically virgins compared to him, i'm sure.

the blogoverse is mystified why frances cobain's custody has been switched to her paternal grandmother and aunt. well, not why (exhibit a: the skank cl and nearly everything she's ever done), but why she didn't just go for emancipation as she's 17.

do you think courtney wants to lose her meal ticket? frances needs to be able to tell her that the court is forcing them not to live together. it will just make things easier (as in safer). courtney is a dangerous nutbar and frances needs every possible excuse to STAY FAR AWAY FROM HER.

you may have noticed I didn't call frances by her full name. why do people do that? does she go by the whole thing? or are there just a shitload of chicks named "frances cobain" (even though neither name is all that common)? do we have to put the "bean" in there to let everyone know which one? does courtney have like 20 daughters with the same name? seriously?

anyway, good luck to frances (bean). :)

tears in the courtroom

today, casey anthony, broke down in cried in court. the prosecution was opening their case by wondering if caylee, just shy of her third birthday, looked into the eyes of her killer as duct tape was being put over her nose and mouth.

yes, I am watching "issues with jane velez-mitchell" and jane is talking to casey's lawyer who's whining about "people wanting to kill casey." he's not talking about random people, he's talking about the state of florida which may execute casey if she's found guilty of 1st degree murder of her daughter.
i'm tired of him saying this. I don't want to "kill" casey, but if she's found guilty of this crime... she deserves punishment. if it is determined that this is the punishment she deserves and all of her appeals fail to overturn it... then, it may become a regretable necessity. I am not a citizen of florida and I don't know all of their laws, but I assume that's about how it works.

however, casey hasn't been found guilty yet. so, she hasn't been sentenced to anything other than to be held in jail until her case is determined. she ran around free an awfully long time after poor little caylee went missing. she even committed some lesser crimes. his ranting about people killing casey makes me wonder if that's what he expects will eventually happen. because it seems like to me he should be whining about what's happening NOW (she's in jail and isolated, even from her family) rather than what could happen IF she's found guilty. and the worse case scenario. they could find her guilty, but not sentence her to death. or geez, casey's lawyer, couldn't they find her not guilty and let her go home? you can't really blame people on the internets assuming she did it if you're kind of doing the same thing.

jane thinks she heard casey say, "make him stop" as the prosecutor talked about caylee looking at her killer as one, two, three pieces of duct tape were put over her mouth and nose. someone told whoever asked that, "I can't."

a lot of people think they know what it's like to be in a courtroom due to the bazillion courtroom dramas we've seen. i've been a juror (not on a murder case) and the real thing is very different. it's very serious and very real. no one can make it stop until it's over. and whatever happens, the course of people's lives will be changed. that may just be why casey was crying today. this isn't a hearing or whatever. this is it... she's on trial for her life.

and if she's found guilty, even if she's not sentenced to death, no one will have much sympathy for her. if she's found guilty, she won't deserve it.

but we don't have a "found innocent" option.
and in casey's case we don't need it. she still delayed reporting caylee's disappearance, she repeatedly impeded the investigation over and over by lying and leading people on wild goose chases. and then there's her shopping spree on her bff's stolen checkbook (allegedly?). if she's found not guilty a lot of people still aren't going to like her.