Could Casey Anthony Judge, Belvin Perry, Be the Next Judge Judy?

By Jo Piazza Posted Jul 5th 2011 01:00PM

Forget attorney, Jose Baez. Forget Casey Anthony. The real star of the never ending legal circus that dominated the holiday weekend is none other than Judge Belvin Perry, who, experts agree, could have a second career waiting for him as a television judge.

"I can certainly see him becoming the next big TV judge," said attorney Joey Jackson, who has been covering the trial for Fox News.

After months of court proceedings, on Tuesday, Perry confirmed the jury's verdict that Anthony was not guilty of first degree murder -- a verdict that visibly outraged the celebrity Twitter community. But Perry's shocking ruling, although an unpopular one, may only further catapult him into the celebrity judge world. Guilty or not guilty, Perry stuck to his guns throughout the trial, keeping attorneys in line and holding them accountable, dealing with even the craziest aspects of the case with an even temperament and being patient, yet rigid, in moving the case forward.

"He's been on the bench since the late 80's and has presided over several high profile cases so his résumé is TV cred ready,"explained 'Cult of Celebrity' author, Cooper Lawrence of the 'Scott & Todd' morning show on PLJ. "But the real draw is that he doesn't like shenanigans going on in his courtroom, like when he let Baez have it with, 'We're not stopping anymore for you to get a file!'"

Lawrence adds that Perry's hand gestures are already 'Saturday Night Live' parody ready. All he needs is a catch-phrase.

"Judge Judy has 'Don't pee on my shoes and tell me it's raining,'" Lawrence said. "He could have 'Let's get it done!'"

Using a well-publicized trial to move from the real to the televised bench is not unprecedented. Judge Larry Seidlin, formerly of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit in Florida, famously tried to parlay his oversight of the Anna Nicole Smith body custody hearing into a gig on the small screen once the trial wrapped up. Seidlin has reportedly had several talks with Paramount productions but has yet to secure his own gig.

If he can make it happen, Belvin Perry (a name made for television) could stand to make a fortune in television. Judge Judy Sheindlin, star of 'Judge Judy,' is one of the highest paid women on television, making approximately $45 million a year for her half-hour program.

One Hollywood casting agent even told PopEater he tried to get a meeting with Perry but was told he would have to wait until the end of the trial -- but it looks like Perry's schedule just cleared up.

Tags: belvin perry, casey anthony

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Tuesday 05 July

By Sandi Smith

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Oh, please!

By KR

Another Cracker Jack Box judge.

Wednesday 06 July

By trailerpark

If anyone purchases this book, or watches the movies you have contributed to the reason her baby was killed. Now she can live the beautiful life. DO NOT HELP HER

By baharmon78

he takes to long to talk

By Carl

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I would never watch him on a TV program, I personally think he is very very unfair in his rulings

By brodie

iwill try and buy the first edition ,and put it in plastic..

By Dan

Learn some legal facts, Carl. A judge can overrule and throw out a GUILTY verdict but cannot change a NOT GUILTY verdict. Blame slick lawyers and gullible jurors if you must but the verdict in the Casey Anthony trial was no fault of the judge.

By dickn2000c

Well Carl, you sound like you're an expert in Judge Perry's rulings, but I'm not. So would you please, for me and all of the rest of us out here, give us a list of Judge Perry's trials and rulings? After all you're the expert here.

By OLIE

I WOULD NEVER WATCH HIM !!! He must have some KING SIZED EGO to think that he can sit in Judge Judy's chair !! WHAT A JOKE !!

By themeeker

I think he's awesome, and if he had been around for the OJ trial, OJ would be six feet under where he belongs.

By blochuckles

If he had done his job with Casey Anthony,
SHE would be in HELL where SHE belongs!!!!

C'mon, you know that wasn't the judge's fault. They just happened to find the only 12 people in the entire USA that think that Casey didn't murder her daughter.

By Lisa

Hey, maybe OJ and Casey will get married and be the first "both murderers" couple.

By bigmikecvn

Get over it White people!!! You got him already!

By wesleysgranny

Belvin Perry only presided over the trial. He had absolutely nothing to do with the verdict. That was that mentally unstable jury, who felt they had spent enough time away from home and found the baby killer, Casey Anthony, innocent so they could get back to their families.

By Opionated

I do think he made some unfair rulings during the trial and they backfired on him and the prosecution! For instance, he was so bent on blasting Jose that during closing arguments when Ashton was laughing he should have called a mistrial! But he and the prosecution was so arrogant and snooty that they just knew they were getting a GUILTY verdict and it ALL backfired on them!

Saturday 09 July

By Sarahb

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You must be kidding!!!! OJ killed adults,who could have fought back, and he's walking, this witch killed a helpless little child and it sounded to me as if he didn't even try to convince the Jury to convict her of even the manslaughter charge or child cruelty charge.He even insisted that they put a woman and a man on the jury who said they didn't want to judge people.They didn't want to be responsible for someone's life, so he knew he would never get a murder guilty verdict. He has no personality and I would never watch a TV show starring Belvin Perry. I watched every minute of this trial and I think he stinks as a judge and has the personality of a black eye pea.For him to replace Judge Judy would be like me replacing Rev. Billy Graham.

By RC Vickerman

No! Mr. Belvin Perry is a "Real Judge!" Judy wouldn't make a pimple on a real judges butt!

By celia

Judge Judy was a family court judge for 30 years or more in NYC...get your facts straight.

By cvsslave56

Judy WAS 1 real judge for like 40 yrs!

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