Gary Giordano Hiring Casey Anthony's Lawyer 'Is A Joke,' Says Missing Woman's Boyfriend
Sept. 14 2011, Published 10:00 a.m. ET
By Breaking Celebrity News Staff
As the investigation into the disappearance of missing Maryland woman Robyn Gardner continues in Aruba, her boyfriend calls the hiring of Casey Anthony 's lead attorney Jose Baez to help murder suspect Gary Giordano, "a publicity stunt."
"Of all the lawyers in the world, they got Casey Anthony's?" Richard Forester marveled in an exclusive interview with Breaking Celebrity News. "They could have gotten anyone. There are thousands of lawyers out there better than him."
"It's a publicity stunt to bring more attention to Baez. This guy doesn't even have a license to practise in Aruba," explained Forester, who is not a lawyer but said he has an understanding of the legal system because his father was a litigating trial lawyer for 48 years in Washington D.C.
"He can help structure the defense’s case but he is by no means the lead attorney. It is a totally different judicial system in Aruba, there isn't even a jury down there."
Rather than being angry though about the hiring of the high profile attorney, Forester, who had been dating 35-year-old Gardner for two years before her disappearance on August 2, considers it to be ridiculous.
"As far as my opinion of him Baez, I don’t care. It’s a joke," he told Breaking Celebrity News. "The only reason he won the Anthony case is because the baby was too far deteriorated by the time they found the body - my dog could have won that case!
"Baez didn't win the Casey Anthony case, the prosecution lost it, in my opinion," added Forester.
He went on to say that he's happy that the 50-year-old businessman suspected of Robyn's