OLATHE, Kan. — A metro man has found himself at the center of a bizarre controversy following the release of a video diary from acquitted murder suspect Casey Anthony.
In a YouTube video which surfaced on Thursday, Anthony – who was acquitted of killing her young daughter Caylee Anthony last year and has been in the center of a media frenzy since her child first went missing in 2008 – talks about how her life has changed since her acquittal last summer.
“It’s just a little surreal how much things have changes since July and how many things haven’t changed,” she says in the video.
Casey Anthony Video Diary Appears on YouTube
But on YouTube, the description of the video indicates that it was originally made public by a Facebook user named Rob Hensley of Olathe. Now, the national media is asking whether the video was leaked, hacked or simply a PR stunt.
Hensley told FOX 4 that he has been contacted by almost every national news outlet about the video. E! News has quoted an anonymous source who admits to posting the video after receiving it from a friend on Facebook, and Hensley posted on a Casey Anthony-related Facebook page that he had been emailed the video.
Hensley declined to be interviewed, citing his attorney’s advice. His Olathe-based attorney, Curtis Sample, told FOX 4 that his client hasn’t done anything illegal.
“I don’t expect him to be arrested,” said Sample. “We’re pretty adamant that he hasn’t done anything illegal. He contacted me to make sure his rights are protected and for advice and council which is a completely normal thing to do.”
Hensley has defended Anthony on several social media sites, and claims to have more video and pictures of her – but he won’t say where he got them, and Sample declined to talk about them.
“I’m not going to comment on anything he’s said,” said Sample. “Right now I’m his official spokesman. Anything he may have said or hasn’t said, we’re not going to talk about that anymore.”
Sample says that his client has not been contacted by law enforcement or by Casey Anthony’s attorneys. In the meantime, Hensley has deactivated his YouTube account, blocked his Twitter account and taken all photos of himself off the internet.
