Gonzalez v. Anthony (In re Anthony)

MEMORANDUM OPINION GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND DETERMINING PLAINTIFF’S DEFAMATION CLAIM TO BE DIS-CHARGEABLE

K. Rodney May, United States Bankruptcy Judge

INTRODUCTION

“And when they went and interviewed that girl down in Kissimmee, they never showed me a ■picture of her.”1

By itself, this remark by Casey Anthony (“Debtor”), made to her parents nine days after being- arrested in connection with the disappearance of her two-year old daughter, would appear to harm no one. But, Zenadia Gonzalez (“Plaintiff’) alleges in this adversary proceeding that she was the only person…