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Step right up and dunk Casey Anthony lookalike? No more
The Associated Press
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Organizers at a Kentucky carnival have shut down a booth in which a Casey Anthony lookalike taunted fairgoers to dunk her
The Bluegrass Fair is sponsored by the Lexington Lions Club and the dunking booth had been promoted on social media. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports the Lions Club cited "growing public sentiment" in deciding to close the game Tuesday.
Some viewers of Anthony's televised murder trial were outraged after the Florida woman was acquitted this month of killing her 2-year-old daughter.
Fair Chairman Ron Mossotti said an event management company presented the idea of the dunking booth in which the lookalike sat on a platform labeled "innocent" and fairgoers aimed for a target labeled "guilty."
Mossotti said most people laughed though some found it tasteless and tacky.
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.
In a July 19, 2011 photo, Harry Hosey winds up to throw a ball at the 'guilty' target at a Casey Anthony dunking booth at the Bluegrass Fair at Masterson Station Park in Lexington, Ky. Organizers have shut down the booth in which a Casey Anthony lookalike taunted fairgoers to dunk her, citing 'growing public sentiment' in deciding to close the game Tuesday. (AP Photo/Herald-Leader, Hannah Potes)
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