Dangerous to Bring Anthony to Fla.: Attorney

Casey Anthony would be in danger and require county-funded security if she has to come back to Florida from an undisclosed location to serve probation, as ordered by a judge in a check fraud case, Anthony's lawyer said Wednesday.

Attorney Jose Baez told NBC's "Today" he hopes that Anthony will not have to return to Orlando and that his team is seeking an immediate hearing for their motions to quash the judges probation order.

Anthony has disappeared from public view since her acquittal last month on charges of murdering her 2-year-old daughter. Baez said bringing Anthony back to Orlando would only add to what he called the "circus-like atmosphere" around her case.

A judge this week ordered Anthony back to Orange County to serve probation for check fraud that she plead guilty to in an earlier case. Baez said Anthony already served her probation while in jail awaiting her murder trial. He also said Florida law stipulates the judge cannot amend his sentence more than 60 days after it was signed, which was in January 2010.

"This thing is over and done. And for some reason things seem to keep coming up again for no apparent reason, for absolutely no apparent reason, other than let's just keep this thing going, let's just keep this madness going and engage in the circus-like atmosphere that is called the Casey Anthony case," Baez said.

Circuit Judge Stan Strickland sentenced Anthony in January 2010 to probation for using checks that Anthony had stolen from a friend. The state Department of Corrections had interpreted Strickland's sentence to mean that Anthony could serve the probation while she was in jail for her murder trial, but the judge said last week that he intended the probation to be served after her release.

On Monday, Strickland signed a "corrected" version of Anthony's probation order to make clear she was supposed to start the one-year term after her release from jail.

Anthony left prison last month after a jury acquitted her of murdering her daughter, Caylee. She was convicted of lying to detectives but released from jail because of time served.

The court order said Anthony must report to a probation officer in Orange County, where Orlando is located, unless otherwise instructed by her probation officer.

Baez said there were threats against Anthony because of her acquittal and Orange County would have to provide security if she was forced to return. He did not say where she was, only that she was not in Florida when the judge's order was signed Monday.