Woman Says Casey Case Leading To Threats

A woman who runs a charity to give shoes to poor orphans told WFTV she's getting threats because of the case against Casey Anthony. The threats came after word got out that Cindy Anthony was going to donate Caylee's old shoes to the charity.

VIDEO REPORT: Case Leading To Threats

The woman who runs the charity didn't want anything to do with the case. She doesn't want anything to do with publicity either, good or bad. She was in tears Thursday over it and it all started over little girls' shoes.

A report that Cindy was going to donate her granddaughter Caylee's shoes to the Children of Love Foundation, which donates food and clothing to orphans in Central Florida and in Honduras, has sparked outrage.

The founder of the foundation, Doris Patalano, who grew up an orphan in Honduras, often going barefoot, is getting calls from people threatening to protest her "Operation Barefoot" shoe drive on Friday and Saturday at the Walgreen's where she works.

Doris wouldn't talk to WFTV on camera, but said she's known Cindy since before Caylee was murdered. She said Cindy offered to help with the shoe drive on Saturday, but never mentioned donating Caylee's shoes.

Doris does not believe Cindy meant to hurt the effort, but she might have at a time when charities are having a difficult time raising money.

Thursday, employees of the House of Hope in Orlando, a well-established and well-known charity, found out some of them might not get paychecks.

"It is so tough out there to raise funds. I was just talking to our staff; we don't have enough money to make our next payroll," House of Hope Founder Sara Trollinger said.

Trollinger said, in today's economy, negative publicity has done some ministries in.

"I understand about 50% have closed down, some from bad reports," she said.

Doris is worried about how the negative publicity is going to affect her shoe drive. WFTV asked Cindy Anthony's new lawyers about all of it Thursday; they wouldn't talk on camera but said they are preparing a news release.

WHAT'S NEXT IN THE CASE?

On Monday, there's a status hearing in the case, but Casey is not required to be there.

WFTV is also waiting on more discovery to be released. The documents should include phone records from witnesses and recordings of phone calls made by one of Casey's jail pen pals, Robyn Adams.

CASEY'S PARENTS HIRE NEW ATTORNEYS

The parents of accused murderer Casey Anthony have hired new attorneys. Mark Lippman and Jennifer Craddock, from the Lippman Law Firm, are now representing the Anthonys.

The announcement of their new attorneys came after the departure of their last attorney. Earlier this month, the Anthonys' former attorney Brad Conway resigned. He said in an e-mail that Casey's defense attorneys made false statements about him in relation to a dispute over Texas EquuSearch records.

Before Conway, Mark Nejame stopped representing the Anthonys, in part, because they would not follow his counsel while searching for Caylee.

Lippman told WFTV on Thursday that he will be more conservative in how he represents the Anthonys. Lippman says he will not be doing a lot of national television interviews.

WFTV legal analyst Bill Sheaffer says the biggest challenge for both attorneys is controlling their clients.

"They must get their clients under control. They must get their clients to listen to their advice and as we have seen thus far, there hasn't been a lawyer that's been successful in doing that," Sheaffer said.

Lippman says he represented the Anthonys during their recent home foreclosure case.

Sheaffer says regardless of whom the Anthonys have represent them, they are still witnesses in their daughters case and will testify when it goes to trial next May.

CASEY'S DEFENSE WANTS TO BLOCK RELEASE OF DOCS

Casey Anthony's defense team filed a new motion late Tuesday afternoon asking Judge Belvin Perry to block certain documents from being released to the public.

READ: Motion To Block Documents

Jose Baez says the Orange County jail has been releasing Casey's commissary purchases to the media. He calls the information "ridiculous" and says it will poison the potential jury pool.

The defense also wants Chief Judge Belvin Perry to reverse any prior rulings relating to public disclosure.

ATTORNEY NO LONGER REPRESENTING CASEY'S PARENTS

The attorney representing Casey Anthony’s parents said that her lawyers made false statements about him, so he resigned Monday. Brad Conway said in an email that a motion filed by the defense earlier this month contains untrue allegations involving him.

NEWS CONFERENCE: Defense On Conway's Resignation VIDEO REPORT: Brad Conway Resigns

Casey's lawyers, Jose Baez and Cheney Mason, defended their statements about Brad Conway during a press conference Monday afternoon.

“We just want to be as thorough as we possibly can and, unfortunately, we’re going through, as they say, 4,000 documents without a pen or a notepad. I see all of you have notepads here today. Why? So you can remember what was said and what was done here. Well, we simply wanted the courtesy to do the same and that’s why we proceeded the way we did,” Baez said.

The motion deals with records from the volunteer group Texas-based EquuSearch that searched for Caylee's remains. The defense was ordered by the court to keep their notes about the Texas EquuSearch records to themselves, so they don't do to volunteers what they tried to do to former meter reader, Roy Kronk. Kronk, who found Caylee Anthony’s remains, was publicly accused of being Caylee's murderer.

George and Cindy Anthonys’ second free attorney quit on national television Monday and slammed their daughter Casey’s defense team, as well as the Anthonys.

“I have no choice. I've become a witness now to pleadings that have been misstated. As an officer of the court, I can't stand by and knowingly participate in something that is false,” Conway said.

Conway got caught up in Casey’s fight for greater access to Texas EquuSearch records. He said the defense and the Anthonys made false statements about how he got to see those records and the defense claimed he had greater access than it did to the records.

EquuSearch wanted more restrictions placed on the defense to keep what they see to themselves, instead of trying to use the information to publicly smear the search volunteers or divulge personal information about them.

EquuSearch attorney Mark NeJame says he was able to get that assurance Monday, that the defense is barred from disclosing the private information.

The defense called a news conference late Monday afternoon to dispute Conway's claims and try to claim victory over the EquuSearch records.

“With this process there will no longer be remaining issues as to whether or not the defense receives fair treatment,” defense attorney Cheney Mason said.

Conway is the fourth attorney to leave the Anthony camp.

In November 2008, Mark NeJame stopped representing Casey's parents, in part, because they wouldn't follow his counsel while searching for Caylee. Then, this past April, Todd Macaluso withdrew from Casey's defense team because he had been disbarred in California. Last month, death penalty specialist Andrea Lyon left the Casey defense team over financial concerns.

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