By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 12:07 PM on 15th July 2011 . Angry: Leonard Padilla, also known as 'the world famous bounty hunter', is suing Casey Anthony for $200,000 compensation . The most controversial U.S. legal battle since O.J. Simpson's trial has taken yet another twist after acquitted murder suspect Casey Anthony was served with a $200,000 writ. The 25-year-old has been accused of duping famous bounty hunter Leonard Padilla into a futile search for her dead daughter Caylee because he claims she knew the little girl was not alive. Mr Padilla says he is filing the lawsuit against Anthony and her attorney Jose Baez to recoup money spent searching for Caylee and the cash needed for travel, private detectives, and security guards. Padilla says both Anthony and Baez knew that Caylee was dead but instead stated she was kidnapped. He has been joined by non-profit group . Texas EquuSearch who handed her a $100,000 lawsuit to her she was behind . bars in Florida as she waits for release this Sunday. 'Casey Anthony knew that her apparent "cooperation" with the massive searches coordinated by TES created an appearance that she was a victim of law enforcement's unjust investigation and that she was a concerned mother seeking her missing child's return,' the paperwork says. A Florida jury acquitted Anthony of killing her daughter last week, but during the trial lawyer Jose Baez told the jury that she knew Caylee had drowned in the family's swimming pool on June 16, 2008. 'Wasting time': Casey Anthony asked people to search for her daughter but they say she lied when she said she did not know she was dead . Texas EquuSearch say this flew in the face of information given to them and they also claim appeals from 15 families were cast aside to concentrate on the hunt for Caylee. Anthony was convicted of lying to investigators in the murder case but was never convicted of the killing itself. Civil suit: Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez is suing Casey Anthony for defamation after the cleared mother used her name for the fictitious nanny . It has been a week of law suits for Anthony as she could face more questions over her daughter's death, after lawyers for the woman suing the 25-year-old for defamation demanded that she testify in the civil case. Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez has filed a lawsuit against the cleared mother, claiming her life was ruined after Anthony used her name when she told Orlando police little Caylee had been kidnapped by 'Zanny the nanny'. Her legal team have asked the court to force Anthony to give a deposition next week, as they fear once she is released from jail she will vanish under a new identity. Anthony's lawyers intend to block the move, claiming she is is 'emotionally and mentally exhausted' after the criminal trial. The demand came as Orange County Jail revealed twisted wellwishers are continuing to send Anthony money, swelling her jail commissary account to $470 - but it's still only $200 more before she was cleared of murder at the end of her sensational trial. Strangers from Iowa, Pennsylvania and . even Canada have been sending $10 and $20 money orders, which Anthony . has been spending on sweets including KitKats, Skittles and Reese's peanut butter cups in the run up to her release on Sunday. But two days after she walks free from jail, she could have to give a video deposition at the office of Fernandez-Gonzalez's lawyer. The 42-year-old  is suing Anthony for defamation, claiming she lost her flat and her job and found it impossible to find work in the three years since Anthony falsely said a fictitious nanny with the same name has her had abducted Caylee. Scroll down for video . Anthony stuck to her story for three . years, until her lawyer dropped a bombshell at the  beginning of her . trial and revealed that the nanny had never existed. Instead, . she had made up the babysitter using Fernandez-Gonzalez's name. She had the idea after . she saw her details on an information card when they both visited an apartment . complex on the same day. Her . lawyer says after Anthony's claims were made public, Fernandez-Gonzalez . received death threats in the middle of the night against her and her . children. She was fired from her job as a housekeeper, and her landlord said he didn't want her on his property. Fernandez-Gonzalez's . lawyer, John Morgan, told ABC News he plans to interrogate Anthony . about her daughter's death - a move Anthony's legal team are likely to . strongly oppose, saying it isn't relevant to the civil case. Mr Morgan said: 'The first question I'm going to ask her is, "Tell us the last time you . saw Caylee". The second is, "Tell us when you found out she was dead".' Pocket money: Wellwishers, including a Pennsylvania woman also called Casey, have sent $10 and $20 money orders to the jail . Sweet treats: Funds in Casey Anthony's jailhouse account today reached $470 thanks to the donations . Dismissing . their possible objections, he said: 'Everything about the death of the . child is not only relevant, it's very relevant. It's the essence of the . case. America wants justice. They want to make [Casey Anthony] sit down . and tell them what happened.' He will hold a meeting with Anthony's lawyers tomorrow to discuss the deposition. Today . they officially filed an objection, asking the hearing to be cancelled . because Anthony had suffered 'trauma' during the murder trial. They . also claim that as the dates and location of her deposition have been . made public, her safety would be in jeopardy because of the 'numerous . threats that have already been made against her'. In . a verdict that shocked America, on July 6 the jury found her not guilty of . murdering her two-year-old old daughter, Caylee. She was sentenced to . four years in jail after being convicted on four counts of lying to . police, . Behind bars: Casey Anthony will walk free from Orange County jail on Sunday 17 July . The judge gave her . the longest possible sentence he could, but he said Anthony could . go free on July 17 because she has already served nearly three years and . will get credit for good behaviour. But Fernandez-Gonzalez's lawyers . want the court to compel her to appear at a deposition on July 19, because they are concerned when . she is released from prison on Sunday she will 'leave the jurisdiction . of this court, disguise herself, change her name, etc., making it . impossible to ever depose her.' Mr Morgan said: 'When . Zenaida first came to me, we never thought Casey would see the light of . day again. It was never about money in the beginning. Now, it's about . accountability and responsibility.' The civil trial is due to begin in February. Anthony . could also face two other civil actions. Prosecutors asked have the . judge to recoup investigative cost for them and authorities. New questions: Lawyer John Morgan says he plans to grill Casey Anthony over her daughter Caylee's death in a civil deposition for a defamation case brought by Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez . The . mandatory minimums for those are $100 per case for felonies and $50 per . case for misdemeanours. The state is seeking reimbursement for more . than that and said in a motion that it has documentation of what it . calls special costs. As Anthony prepares for her release on Sunday, money continues to be sent to her from as far away as Canada. Records reveal that sweet-toothed Anthony has been buying candy including Almond Joy bars as well as . packets of Skittles, KitKats and Reese's peanut butter cups. Other items purchased include nachos with cheese and a jalapeno dip, flour tortillas and peanut butter.
Leonard Padilla claims he was lied to and wants to recoup cash used searching for Caylee and travel, private detectives, and security guards .
Texas EquuSearch also want $100,000 compensation as court case reveals Anthony knew all along her daughter was dead .
The search for missing members of 15 families shelved in favour of futile Caylee hunt .
Lawyers for real 'Zanny the nanny' demand to grill Anthony in civil deposition because 'America wants justice'
Anthony's legal team try to block request as she is 'emotionally and mentally exhausted' after criminal trial .
Her jail account swells to $470 as more wellwishers send cheques to cleared mother .
By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 12:07 PM on 15th July 2011 . Angry: Leonard Padilla, also known as 'the world famous bounty hunter', is suing Casey Anthony for $200,000 compensation . The most controversial U.S. legal battle since O.J. Simpson's trial has taken yet another twist after acquitted murder suspect Casey Anthony was served with a $200,000 writ. The 25-year-old has been accused of duping famous bounty hunter Leonard Padilla into a futile search for her dead daughter Caylee because he claims she knew the little girl was not alive. Mr Padilla says he is filing the lawsuit against Anthony and her attorney Jose Baez to recoup money spent searching for Caylee and the cash needed for travel, private detectives, and security guards. Padilla says both Anthony and Baez knew that Caylee was dead but instead stated she was kidnapped. He has been joined by non-profit group . Texas EquuSearch who handed her a $100,000 lawsuit to her she was behind . bars in Florida as she waits for release this Sunday. 'Casey Anthony knew that her apparent "cooperation" with the massive searches coordinated by TES created an appearance that she was a victim of law enforcement's unjust investigation and that she was a concerned mother seeking her missing child's return,' the paperwork says. A Florida jury acquitted Anthony of killing her daughter last week, but during the trial lawyer Jose Baez told the jury that she knew Caylee had drowned in the family's swimming pool on June 16, 2008. 'Wasting time': Casey Anthony asked people to search for her daughter but they say she lied when she said she did not know she was dead . Texas EquuSearch say this flew in the face of information given to them and they also claim appeals from 15 families were cast aside to concentrate on the hunt for Caylee. Anthony was convicted of lying to investigators in the murder case but was never convicted of the killing itself. Civil suit: Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez is suing Casey Anthony for defamation after the cleared mother used her name for the fictitious nanny . It has been a week of law suits for Anthony as she could face more questions over her daughter's death, after lawyers for the woman suing the 25-year-old for defamation demanded that she testify in the civil case. Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez has filed a lawsuit against the cleared mother, claiming her life was ruined after Anthony used her name when she told Orlando police little Caylee had been kidnapped by 'Zanny the nanny'. Her legal team have asked the court to force Anthony to give a deposition next week, as they fear once she is released from jail she will vanish under a new identity. Anthony's lawyers intend to block the move, claiming she is is 'emotionally and mentally exhausted' after the criminal trial. The demand came as Orange County Jail revealed twisted wellwishers are continuing to send Anthony money, swelling her jail commissary account to $470 - but it's still only $200 more before she was cleared of murder at the end of her sensational trial. Strangers from Iowa, Pennsylvania and . even Canada have been sending $10 and $20 money orders, which Anthony . has been spending on sweets including KitKats, Skittles and Reese's peanut butter cups in the run up to her release on Sunday. But two days after she walks free from jail, she could have to give a video deposition at the office of Fernandez-Gonzalez's lawyer. The 42-year-old  is suing Anthony for defamation, claiming she lost her flat and her job and found it impossible to find work in the three years since Anthony falsely said a fictitious nanny with the same name has her had abducted Caylee. Scroll down for video . Anthony stuck to her story for three . years, until her lawyer dropped a bombshell at the  beginning of her . trial and revealed that the nanny had never existed. Instead, . she had made up the babysitter using Fernandez-Gonzalez's name. She had the idea after . she saw her details on an information card when they both visited an apartment . complex on the same day. Her . lawyer says after Anthony's claims were made public, Fernandez-Gonzalez . received death threats in the middle of the night against her and her . children. She was fired from her job as a housekeeper, and her landlord said he didn't want her on his property. Fernandez-Gonzalez's . lawyer, John Morgan, told ABC News he plans to interrogate Anthony . about her daughter's death - a move Anthony's legal team are likely to . strongly oppose, saying it isn't relevant to the civil case. Mr Morgan said: 'The first question I'm going to ask her is, "Tell us the last time you . saw Caylee". The second is, "Tell us when you found out she was dead".' Pocket money: Wellwishers, including a Pennsylvania woman also called Casey, have sent $10 and $20 money orders to the jail . Sweet treats: Funds in Casey Anthony's jailhouse account today reached $470 thanks to the donations . Dismissing . their possible objections, he said: 'Everything about the death of the . child is not only relevant, it's very relevant. It's the essence of the . case. America wants justice. They want to make [Casey Anthony] sit down . and tell them what happened.' He will hold a meeting with Anthony's lawyers tomorrow to discuss the deposition. Today . they officially filed an objection, asking the hearing to be cancelled . because Anthony had suffered 'trauma' during the murder trial. They . also claim that as the dates and location of her deposition have been . made public, her safety would be in jeopardy because of the 'numerous . threats that have already been made against her'. In . a verdict that shocked America, on July 6 the jury found her not guilty of . murdering her two-year-old old daughter, Caylee. She was sentenced to . four years in jail after being convicted on four counts of lying to . police, . Behind bars: Casey Anthony will walk free from Orange County jail on Sunday 17 July . The judge gave her . the longest possible sentence he could, but he said Anthony could . go free on July 17 because she has already served nearly three years and . will get credit for good behaviour. But Fernandez-Gonzalez's lawyers . want the court to compel her to appear at a deposition on July 19, because they are concerned when . she is released from prison on Sunday she will 'leave the jurisdiction . of this court, disguise herself, change her name, etc., making it . impossible to ever depose her.' Mr Morgan said: 'When . Zenaida first came to me, we never thought Casey would see the light of . day again. It was never about money in the beginning. Now, it's about . accountability and responsibility.' The civil trial is due to begin in February. Anthony . could also face two other civil actions. Prosecutors asked have the . judge to recoup investigative cost for them and authorities. New questions: Lawyer John Morgan says he plans to grill Casey Anthony over her daughter Caylee's death in a civil deposition for a defamation case brought by Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez . The . mandatory minimums for those are $100 per case for felonies and $50 per . case for misdemeanours. The state is seeking reimbursement for more . than that and said in a motion that it has documentation of what it . calls special costs. As Anthony prepares for her release on Sunday, money continues to be sent to her from as far away as Canada. Records reveal that sweet-toothed Anthony has been buying candy including Almond Joy bars as well as . packets of Skittles, KitKats and Reese's peanut butter cups. Other items purchased include nachos with cheese and a jalapeno dip, flour tortillas and peanut butter.
Leonard Padilla into a futile search for her dead daughter Caylee because he claims she knew the searching for Caylee and the cash needed for travel, private detectives, and security guards. . Texas EquuSearch who handed her a $100,000 concentrate on the hunt for Caylee. Anthony was cleared mother used her name for the fictitious the nanny'. Her legal team have asked the court lawyers intend to block the move, claiming she is is 'emotionally and mentally exhausted' after the criminal trial. The demand came as Orange County Anthony's jailhouse account today reached $470 case. America wants justice. They want to make daughter Caylee's death in a civil deposition for