publicly. we had them one at a time come into my personal office, and made the announcement. and told them, you know, monday s going to be a bad day for you, george, and i felt man to man, i m going to tell you in advance. reporter: what was his reaction? basically, none. he looked at me, and kind of turned sideways a little bit. clapped his hands down on his thighs and then let out a big sigh and didn t say anything. reporter: george anthony never admitted to mason any inappropriate contact with casey. then called mom in, cindy, and told her, and she immediately welled up with tears, emotion and cried, and was very upset. reporter: once a jury was selected, this death penalty trial began, and jose baez turned the case on its head by announcing this bombshell in his opening statement. and it all began when casey
was 8 years old and her father came into her room and began to touch her inappropriately. i didn t know he was going to say that. i was concerned about that, bought i knew that we didn t have the ability to prove that, unless george got on the stand and confessed. reporter: prosecutors made george anthony their first witness. have you ever sexually molested your daughter casey anthony? no, sir. reporter: testimony in the case continued for weeks, as witness after witness and forensic experts from around the country took the stand in this circle case. while the trial was being hotly contested in and out of the courtroom, secret plea discussions that would have spared anthony s life were beginning. it was anthony who shut them down. casey wouldn t have any part of it. she got very angry that she didn t want to talk about it. didn t want to hear it.
book, justice in america, describes for the first time calling casey s parents, george and cindy, to his office late on a friday afternoon, shortly before jury selection began. mason had just received word that casey s hand-written letters describing sexual abuse by her father were about to be released publicly. we had them one at a time come into my personal office, and made the announcement and told them, you know, i this is going to be a bad day for you, george. and i felt man to man, i ll tell you in advance. what was his reaction? basically, none. he looked at me, and kind of turned sideways a little bit and clapped his hands down on his thighs and let out a big sigh and didn t say anything. reporter: george anthony never admitted to mason any inappropriate conduct with casey. then called mom in, cindy. and told her, and she
what was her demeanor? she was afraid. unsure about really anything, what was going to happen. mason in his new book describes for the first time calling casey s parents to his office late on a friday afternoon shortly before jury selection began. mason had just received word that casey s handwritten letters describing sexual abuse by her father were about to be released publicly. we had them one at a time come into my personal office and made the announcement and told them. it s going to be a bad day for you george. and i felt man to man that i would tell you in advance. what was his reaction? basically none. he looked at me and kind of turned sideways a little bit and put his hands down and let out a big sigh and didn t say anything. george anthony never admitted