Where Is Casey Anthony Now? Defamation Lawsuit Involving Caylee's Mother to Go Before a Judge

A case involving Casey Anthony will go before a judge in Tampa.

Anthony was acquitted in 2011 for the murder of her daughter, Caylee. Roy Kronk, the meter reader who discovered Caylee's body in the woods near her grandparents' house, has filed a defamation lawsuit against Anthony in 2013, when she had her attorneys finger him as an accomplice in her daughter's murder.

The case was paused in 2013 when Anthony filed for bankruptcy. Kronk's attorneys asked a Tampa judge on Monday to allow the case to be heard by a jury in Orlando, Florida, where Anthony stood trial for the criminal proceeding, according to WKRG-TV. The status hearing, for which neither Anthony or Kronk were present, was held at the Sam Gibbons Federal Courthouse in Tampa.

The judge ruled that the case will proceed but denied the request that it be moved to Orlando.

Howard Marks, one of Kronk's attorneys, told WFLA, "Roy Kronk is the last man standing, and we are trying to hold [Anthony] accountable for her actions. Now, the only way to hold her accountable for her actions is to get a judgment that's not wiped out or discharged in bankruptcy."

Kronk found Caylee's body when he went to relieve himself in the woods and stumbled upon a black garbage bag that contained her remains. Marks argued in June that the defamation case could not be tried in bankruptcy court.

"There are disputed issues of fact that preclude summary judgment on the defamation issues, and because those issues cannot be tried by the bankruptcy court," Marks said, according to Orlando news station WKMG-TV. "[Kronk] should be allowed to return to the Orlando state court to obtain a single adjudication of all issues by jury trial, especially now that there are no remaining countervailing bankruptcy issues that would weigh against abstention."