A trailer has dropped for the new docuseries that promises to uncover new truths about the Casey Anthony trial. The Peacock original features new claims about what happened to Casey's 3-year-old daughter, Caylee, including who Casey says was actually behind the toddler's death — and why she had to lie about it in order to protect her family.
In this series, Casey gives her first interview in a decade about her daughter's death.
The three-part docuseries is called Casey Anthony: Where the Truth Lies and it rehashes the details surrounding the 2008 murder of Casey's daughter. In the series, Casey alleges that her father killed her daughter to cover up sexually assaulting the little girl.
According to the Daily Mail, which previewed the first episode of the series, Casey claims her father George had a history of abusing both her and her daughter.
Casey tearfully shared how she woke up one afternoon to find her daughter missing.
As Casey tells it, she had been taking a nap when her daughter disappeared. "I wasn't feeling that great, and I wanted to lay down," she claims. "I had her lay in bed with me. I was awoken by [my father] shaking me and asking me where Caylee was."
Casey said she was confused because her daughter would never leave the room on her own, which prompted her to begin a frantic search for her little girl.
George and Casey then made a horrific discovery in the family's pool.
Casey said her father found Caylee's body in the pool and initially blamed Casey for what had happened.
"But he didn't rush to call 911 and he wasn't trying to resuscitate her," she went on to claim. "I collapsed with her in my arms. She was heavy, and she was cold. He takes her from me and he immediately softens his tone and says 'It's going to be OK.' I wanted to believe him. He took her from me and he went away."
After Casey's father left with her daughter's body, Casey said she was only doing what she was told.
"During the 31 days, I genuinely believed that Caylee was still alive," she continued, adding that her father kept reassuring her that the little girl was OK. "I had to keep following his instructions. He told me what to do. I tried to act as normal as I could."
"I lied. But nobody asked me why," Casey says through tears in the series trailer.
The series doesn't seem to be that well received.
The comments section was filled with angry posts from people threatening to cancel their subscriptions to Peacock.
"Nope," one person wrote. "She did it and nothing she says will change that. Shame on this network for giving her a platform!"
While it's clear people still have strong feelings about this case all these years later, we do have to admit we're curious whether or not Casey can build a compelling enough argument in this show to change anyone's mind about what happened all those years ago. But based on the initial kneejerk reaction we're seeing online, it seems like that might be impossible.
If you suspect child abuse, you can call the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-422-4453 (1-800-4-A-Child), or go to Childhelp.org. The hotline is available 24/7.
