Casey Anthony’s nanny Zenaida Fernandez Gonzalez is in the news again with the release of the new documentary Casey Anthony: Where The Truth Lies.
Casey Anthony has finally addressed the subject of her daughter Caylee Anthony’s death and the involvement of Zenaida Fernandez Gonzalez in the Peacock docuseries Casey Anthony.
She claimed that in 2008 her two-year-old daughter was with her nanny Zenaida Fernandez at the time of her disappearance. The docuseries will shed the light on the series of events and the POV of the mother who was later arrested for the murder.
Casey’s attorneys admitted to the court during the commencement of her murder trial in May 2011. The babysitter’s story about her kid unintentionally drowning in the family pool was made up after she had lied for three years.
However, Casey admitted in the interview that she never hired a nanny for her daughter.
Who Is Zenaida Fernandez Gonzalez aka Zanny The Nanny?
Zenaida Fernandez Gonzalez aka Zanny The Nanny was alleged Casey Anthony’s Nanny to her two-year-old daughter Caylee Anthony.
Casey Anthony came up with a fictitious name for the nanny Zenaida Fernandez Gonzalez. In fact, Casey and Zenaida happen to visit an apartment building on the same day. So, Anthony collected the details of Zenaida and misinformed the police.
Since Gonzalez filled out the information along with the daughters’ names, Casey retrieve the information about the imaginary Nanny with real details. The details exactly matched the profile of Zenaida and she was blamed for the abduction.
Zenaida’s life was turned upside down by the allegations and denied it immediately.
Why Was Zenaida Fernandez Gonzalez Called Zanny The Nanny?
The nickname ‘Zanny The Nanny’ rhymed and became famous during the trial. Anthony was questioned during the trial about if she ever used Xanax which she refused.
Caylee’s death was speculated as the involvement of a Xanax overdose in the news. The term Zanny The Nanny came from a conversation with neighbor Clint House who used to live with Casey’s ex-partner Tony Lazzaro.
He believed that Caylee was administered the sedative. When Zenaida was blamed for her disappearance, the name Zanny The Nanny circulated as her nickname.
Where Is Zenaida Fernandez Gonzalez Now?
In 2016, Zenaida Fernandez Gonzalez was arrested for stealing the credit card of a cancer patient. She and her boyfriend Jonattan E. Acevedo were held in Orange county jail.
Now she is believed to be living in Orlando, Florida. When the news came to light Zenaida again became famous because of her defamation case against Casey Anthony.
According to Osceola County authorities, she was arrested in 2013 was arrested on suspicion of swiping a cancer patient’s credit card and using it to make $850 in purchases near Kissimmee and Orlando.
They used the card of 64-year-old Lizasuain who was receiving center treatment in a hospital. He lived in a motel where Jonattan and Zenaida worked as housekeepers.
In 2011, Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez filed a defamation lawsuit against Anthony. Her claims said Anthony’s accusations led to her job loss and death threats. In her lawsuit, she claimed the resemblance between her name and “Zanny the Nanny,” and several others assumed she was blamed for Caylee’s disappearance
In September 2015, a Florida judge declared the case in Anthony’s favor stating the allegation did not hurt Fernandez-Gonzalez.
Who Is The Real Culprit Behind Casey Anthony Case?
The Department of Children and Families in Florida convicted Casey Anthony for causes leading to the death of Caylee. However, the verdict came in her favor and she was not convicted of first-degree murder.
Anthony was detained for obstruction, misleading the jury, and neglecting the child’s care. Initially, she informs authorities that her daughter was in the care of nanny Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez. Officers check Anthony’s car and detect the smell of human remains on her car.
On October 14, 2008, a grand jury convicted Anthony on several counts but not for the murder. Caylee’s remains were discovered on 11 December 2008 in a closed wooded area close to Anthony resident.
In July 2011, Anthony was acquitted of the allegations of Caylee after a six-week criminal trial. She was given a short prison sentence along with a $4,000 fine after being found guilty on all four counts of providing misleading information to law enforcement officials.
Judge Perry rules Anthony must pay $98,000 plus $119,822.52 for a total of about $217,000 to cover the costs of Caylee’s disappearance investigation. However, Anthony declares bankruptcy on the same day as the decision and claimed to have only $1,000 in assets.