Casey Anthony's Mother and Brother Both Break Down In Tears On The Stand
June 24 2011, Published 6:20 a.m. ET
By Breaking Celebrity News Staff
A drama-filled week at the Casey Anthony trial culminated in a bang on Friday with both her mother and brother giving moving testimony that brought them both to tears.
Cindy Anthony, Casey's mom, first took the stand and wept as she as she watched while defense attorney Jose Baez showed the jury video of little Caylee Anthony playing with her mother.
The family footage was shown in an attempt to prove how quickly two-year-old Caylee was growing before she went missing, to support the claim that a pair of shorts found next to her body would not have fit her when she went missing in June 2008.
Cindy became increasingly emotional as she saw photos showing the pool from various angles, where Casey’s defense team maintain Caylee drowned, including several of Cindy helping her granddaughter climb the ladder on the side of the pool.
Casey, 25, is being tried for the first-degree murder of her two year old daughter Caylee Marie. The defense is claiming the toddler drowned in the family's swimming pool a month before she was reported missing and that Casey and her father, George Anthony, panicked and buried the body.
Following his mother's teary testimony, Casey's brother, Lee Anthony, took the stand with an emotional explanation of Caylee's birth and the dysfunctional attitude of his family.
Lee told the courtroom that he was oblivious that his sister was even pregnant until he bumped into her one night leaving the bathroom they both shared.
"I could see her midsection and it was showing,' said Lee. "