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Rob Lowe to play ex-prosecutor in Casey Anthony Lifetime movie

ORLANDO, Fla. — Rob Lowe will play former prosecutor Jeff Ashton in a Lifetime movie about the Casey Anthony saga.

The Lifetime Network is doing a film based on the book written by Asthon.

Asthon was the lead prosecutor in Anthony's murder trial last summer.

The film will highlight the legal strategies prosecutors used and why Asthon still believes Anthony is guilty.

It's not known who will play Casey Anthony.

Anthony was acquitted of all charges in the death of her daughter, Caylee Marie Anthony. Caylee's body was found in a the woods behind the Anthony home near Suburban Drive.