Lifetime is counting on the continuing curiosity in the Casey Anthony case to make their original Lifetime movie Prosecuting Casey Anthony a ratings success. The dramatic movie written by Alison Cross and based on the book Imperfect Justice: Prosecuting Casey Anthony by ex-prosecutor Jeff Ashton will have its world premiere on Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 8pm.
Peter Werner (Justified, Medium) directs Rob Lowe as prosecutor Jess Ashton, the man in charge of the prosecution’s case. The real Jeff Ashton served as a consultant on the film.
The Details: Prosecuting Casey Anthony reveals Ashton’s inside story of the true crime drama that captivated and then shocked the nation when Caylee Anthony’s mother, Casey, was acquitted of killing her daughter, despite what many thought to be overwhelming evidence of guilt. But much of that “evidence” had nothing to do with direct evidence of guilt, but rather her behavior in the weeks between the disappearance of Caylee and Casey’s mother’s call to the police.
The movie is seen from Ashton’s (Lowe) perspective and takes viewers behind the scenes of both the investigation into Caylee’s tragic death and the ensuing trial, shedding new light on the many questions of what happened to the two year-old girl, how Ashton and his fellow prosecutors built their case and why a woman so shrouded in suspicion was proclaimed innocent. Also starring in the movie are Elizabeth Mitchell, who portrays lead prosecutor Linda Burdick; Oscar Nunez as Casey Anthony’s attorney Jose Baez; Marisa Ramirez plays Ashton’s wife Rita; Kevin Dunn as George Anthony and Virginia Welch is Casey Anthony.
