Casey Anthony to seek mental health treatment?
According to anonymous sources, Casey Anthony will seek treatment for a variety of mental issues. The sources indicate that Anthony not only suffers from not having properly dealt with the death of her daughter, Caylee, but also having to deal with murder charges while being incarcerated for nearly three years.
Casey Anthony is seeking treatment, according to sources close to the recently freed Florida woman. In a TMZ exclusive, the celebrity gossip website revealed Saturday that the 25-year-old Anthony had decided to seek treatment instead of sitting down to interviews to tell her side of the story.
"Sources close to Anthony" told TMZ that the young woman would be entering treatment in order to deal with at least three major issues. She never properly dealt with the death of her child, and regardless of whether or not she was involved in some way with Caylee's death, there was the trauma of losing her child and the appearance that Anthony never or only vaguely went through the process of grieving. Those same sources say that Anthony also now understands that her reaction to her daughter's death (i.e. the questionable behavior, the lies) were the result of "obvious mental health issues." And there is also the added issues of being imprisoned for nearly three years in a tiny jail cell while being accused of murder, the pressures of which sources say "messed with her head."Anthony's lawyer, Jose Baez, who has reportedly been negotiating interview deals with all the major television networks will now put those plans on hold while his client attempts to deal with her mental state. TMZ reported last week that Baez had met with executives from ABC, NBC, and CBS in an effort to get an interview deal. Baez will continue to negotiate on her behalf and take offers but any deals will depend upon Anthony's future availability.
The trial of Casey Anthony for the alleged 2008 murder of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, was a media firestorm and has been dubbed by some as the "Trial of the Century." Her acquittal by a Florida jury caused a second media firestorm as the public raged against the perceived injustice and speculation began again -- although this time conjecture centered around possible money-making schemes, interviews, her whereabouts (for her personal safety, Anthony went into hiding), what her future plans might be, and whether or not she would ever be allowed a relatively normal life -- as well as whether or not she actually murdered her daughter and the various reasons how the justice system failed.
And as reports begin to spread throughout the media that Casey Anthony will now be undergoing some type of psychological therapy, the speculation will undoubtedly begin again. Not only will there be reports of Anthony's mental stability (or lack thereof), but also discussions of whether or not Anthony will discuss the truth with her counselors. There will be debates on whether or not Anthony, who many have publicly deemed some sort of psychopath, will use the alleged time in treatment as a way to garner public reconsideration of her as a person, generate sympathy for her story, and possibly pave the way for a second chance and redemption. The true cynics will note that she is only attempting to drive up the price for an exclusive interview, creating a demand with her absence.
Regardless of the debates over her mental condition(s), therapeutic treatment for Anthony is possibly the best option for the beleaguered young woman, and for several reasons. It does show that she is at least attempting to come to grips with her situation, whether the reasons come from actual self-realization or simple public relations maneuvering. Going into therapy for the aforementioned reasons humanizes her and suggests she is not the cold carefree monster that the media seems to have portrayed her as. And treatment allows her protective time, a period of relief from decisions, a respite that is publicly acceptable and generally respected, and a retreat that will assuredly be protected under attorney-client and therapist-client privilege (especially if her whereabouts suddenly become a matter of public knowledge).
Still, it is but a respite. The Casey Anthony story will continue, even without her. But one day she will be ready to offer her side of the story. And, as has been the case all along, from Caylee's missing persons case in the summer of 2008 through to the trial verdict of "not guilty" of first-degree murder in early July, the media -- and the public -- will be there.
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