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Casey Anthony signed up for TikTok!
Positive, the whole lot else in 2025 is an never-ending vortex of howling distress. Why not add a universally reviled particular person becoming a member of one of many worst social media apps to the combination?
There’s extra to it than the notoriously acquitted particular person, whose younger daughter’s assassin stays free, merely being on the video platform fairly than fading into obscurity.
What has folks feeling really outraged is that Anthony is now branding herself as an “advocate” and apparently plans to supply authorized recommendation.
Casey Anthony smiles earlier than the beginning of her sentencing listening to on fees of mendacity to a regulation enforcement officer on the Orange County Courthouse July 7, 2011 in Orlando, Florida. Anthony was acquitted of homicide fees on July 5, 2011. (Picture Credit score: Joe Burbank-Pool/Getty Photographs)
Gross! Casey Anthony has joined TikTok
On March 1, Casey Anthony took to TikTok.
In a twist that many have discovered perverse, she acknowledged her intention to “advocate” for her lifeless daughter, Caylee.
“This is my first of probably many recordings on a series I am starting,” she introduced ominously.
Casey Anthony smiles as she returns to the protection desk after being acquitted of homicide fees on the Orange County Courthouse on July 5, 2011 in Orlando, Florida. Casey Anthony had been accused of murdering her two-year-old daughter Caylee in 2008 and was discovered not responsible of manslaughter within the first diploma. (Picture Credit score: Pink Huber-Pool/Getty Photographs)
“I am a legal advocate. I am a researcher,” the notorious former mom then characterised herself. And he or she didn’t cease there.
“I have been in the legal field since 2011,” Casey Anthony described. That may be a very attention-grabbing manner of phrasing that.
“And in this capacity, I feel that it’s necessary if I’m going to continue to operate appropriately as a legal advocate,” she defined, “that I start to advocate for myself and also advocate for my daughter.” Yikes.
Casey Anthony made a TikTok account to promote all the ‘work’ she is doing on substack to advocate for the LGBTQ neighborhood. She must go proper again to the outlet she crawled out of. #justiceforcayleeanthony pic.twitter.com/NsTllKGBw0
— Rose (@901Lulu) March 3, 2025
Some TikTok customers may not know who Casey Anthony is (and possibly that’s the purpose)
“For those of you who don’t know, my name is Casey Anthony. My daughter is Caylee Anthony,” she introduced. “My parents are George and Cindy Anthony.”
Anthony insisted: “This is not about them. This is not in response to anything that they have said or done. … The whole point of this is for me to begin to reintroduce myself.” She needs folks to see her in a brand new gentle.
“Moving forward, the majority of what you will see will be me speaking in a professional capacity,” she warned. “My goal is to continue to help give a voice to people — to give people tools and resources they can utilize so they actually know where they can turn to.”
Casey Anthony listens to testimony throughout her homicide trial on the Orange County Courthouse on June 30, 2011 in Orlando, Florida. Anthony’s protection attorneys argued that she didn’t kill her two-year-old daughter Caylee, however that she by chance drowned. (Picture Credit score: Pink Huber-Pool/Getty Photographs)
TikTok’s algorithm, which feeds folks movies primarily based upon their earlier likes fairly than permitting them to easily comply with most popular accounts and thus management what they see, appears excellent for Casey Anthony.
The algorithm appears more likely to feed her movies to many individuals. And, given how widespread TikTok is amongst minors, many viewers could also be unaware of who she is — or how her daughter died.
TikTok typically capabilities as a disinformation engine, so it should be attention-grabbing to see if Casey Anthony is ready to use it to efficiently construct a model. Nicely, a brand new model. (She additionally introduced a Substack, a writing platform notorious for sharing income with Nazis)
Casey Anthony together with her legal professional Jose Baez smiles after realizing that she has been acquitted of homicide fees on the Orange County Courthouse on July 5, 2011. (Picture Credit score: Pink Huber-Pool/Getty Photographs)
Only a reminder
Casey Anthony was acquitted for the homicide of 2-year-old Caylee Anthony. Memorably, she has even tried to put the blame on the toes of her father.
One factor that units Anthony aside from many different infamous figures is that she has not tried to pivot to turning into a right-wing influencer like George Zimmerman or, arguably, Louis C.Ok. Maybe that type of grift doesn’t attraction to her.
Bear in mind, Casey Anthony has threatened a comeback earlier than. Many hope that she is going to merely disappear into obscurity since it appears that evidently she is going to keep away from jail. It seems to be like she would favor to be within the highlight, nonetheless.
