STAMFORD, Conn. — “The Jerry Springer Show” has backtracked on its $1 million offer to Casey Anthony to appear on the talk show, Radar Online reported Friday.
The deal was presented to Casey’s attorney Jose Baez by Al Taylor, a freelance producer for the show, who claimed he had the green light from the program’s executives, according to the gossip website.
“I spoke to someone very high up and they knew I made the offer for them,” Taylor told the site.
“The ‘Springer’ show got immediate backlash though and decided they didn’t want any part of it anymore. But there is another show interested and they are about to make an offer in writing to Baez,” he added.
The pricey payout would have come with strings attached though — Springer’s team wanted Anthony to appear with her parents, Cindy and George, and her brother Lee.
Springer flatly denied RadarOnline’s story.
“This story is 100% fabricated. We have not made any offer to Casey Anthony and her family. We do not put known people on our show. Period.”
Anthony, 25, was acquitted Tuesday of murdering her two-year-old daughter, Caylee, but convicted of lying to police.
Her defense included the claim she was sexually abused as a child by her father — a suggestion her parents subsequently described as “baseless.”