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Tampa Judge sets court date for Casey Anthony bankruptcy hearing

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The judge in Casey Anthony's bankruptcy case has set a date to hear whether her trustee can sell the rights to her story so she can pay her debts.  The hearing was set for April 9th in federal court in Tampa.

Trustee Stephen Meininger asked Judge K. Rodney May for permission to sell the "exclusive worldwide rights" of Anthony's life story in a motion filed this week. The 26-year-old Anthony has never told her story.

Anthony was acquitted of murder in the death her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee.  During a meeting with creditors in her bankruptcy case March 4 in Tampa, Anthony said she was unemployed and hasn't received any money to tell her story.

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