ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The Florida mother charged with murdering her little daughter will not be deposed from jail in a defamation lawsuit.

An Orlando judge ruled Thursday that Casey Anthony can answer written questions from jail rather than face a videotaped deposition behind bars. The defamation lawsuit was filed by Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez. She says she was defamed by Casey Anthony when the mother told police in July that a nanny named Zenaida Gonzalez had kidnapped her daughter, Caylee.

Caylee was 2 years old when she went missing in June, but her remains were not found until last month. She had been missing for about a month before her mother reported it.

Casey Anthony has been charged with first-degree murder and other charges.


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