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Casey Anthony’s parents on ‘Dr. Phil’

LOS ANGELES

George Anthony, who was the target of child-molestation allegations by the defense during his daughter Casey’s murder trial, said he would turn her away if she tried to come home.

Asked in an interview with “Dr. Phil” host Phil McGraw if Casey Anthony would be welcome at his Orlando, Fla., house, George Anthony replied: “Not while I was there, no.”

George Anthony and his wife, Cindy, spoke to McGraw for an interview airing today and Wednesday on the syndicated TV program and on another “Dr. Phil” show later this month.

In opening statements for Casey Anthony’s trial for the murder of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, defense attorney Jose Baez accused George Anthony of sexually molesting Casey as a child. Baez also alleged that George, a former police officer, made Caylee’s death look like a homicide after the girl drowned.

Baez never presented any testimony or evidence to back up his statements. George Anthony has vehemently denied the allegations.

Casey Anthony was born in Warren in 1986, and her parents moved the family from Howland to Florida in 1989.

Cindy Anthony said on the show that it would be difficult for Casey to return, given her relationship with her father. She struck a conciliatory tone regarding her daughter, who was acquitted in July of murdering Caylee and released from jail to an undisclosed Florida location.

“I would love to see her be happy either in a career or in a family setting,” Cindy Anthony said, according to a transcript provided by the show. “You know, I’d love for her to get married if she so chooses and, if she’s healthy, to be able to be a mom again.”

Cindy Anthony said she hopes her daughter gets therapy and any treatment that’s required and, at some point, is able to “move on” with her life.

Associated Press