Jean Casarez Biography
Jean Casarez is an American Anchor and reporter now working as a correspondent for CNN based in New York City. Furthermore, She is an attorney and started her network career with Court TV. She also works as a fill-in anchor.
Jean Casarez Age
Casarez was born on April 20, 1960, in Long Beach, California, United States. Now, she is 62 years old. Furthermore, she holds American nationality and belongs to the white ethnicity.
Jean Casarez Height
Casarez stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 4 inches (1.6m) tall. Furthermore, she has blue round beautiful eyes that make her look fabulous.
Jean Casarez Education
Casarez graduated from the University of Southern California. She earned her Juris Doctor degree from Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles.
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Jean Casarez Family
Casarez is originally from Long Beach, California. However, information regarding her parents and siblings is currently not available.
Jean Casarez Husband
Casarez is married to John Casarez. Now, they live in New York City. There is no information about her children.
Jean Casarez CNN
Casarez is now working as a correspondent for CNN working on a wide variety of stories for the network such as legal and crime, investigation, and breaking news. Additionally, she is based in the network’s New York bureau.
Casarez broke the news to the country of 2017’s mass Las Vegas shooting with her overnight reporting from the Vegas strip. She also worked on the breaking news of New York’s 2016 Chelsea bombing case. Furthermore, she has been the network’s correspondent for the Larry Nassar sexual assault case and the sentencing hearing, of Bill Cosby’s arrest. Also trial and conviction for indecent sexual assault, West Virginia’s chemical water spill, and O.J. Simpson’s release from prison. She is now involved in reporting the criminal case against Harvey Weinstein.
Casarez found and pursued the case of a man who is in the midst of a 70-year prison sentence for breaking 13 bones of his infant son. From day one James Duncan proclaimed his innocence. Casarez took an in-depth look at the evidence getting interviews with Duncan himself in prison and key players on both sides. Those interviews became a prime-time documentary for CNN “Broken Bones…Shattered Lives.”
The court has now ordered Duncan to have a hearing this fall to determine if his verdict should be overturned based on new evidence that his son actually had a metabolic bone disease.
Casarez has done other long-form work for the network including Jon Benet’s Murder, the Drew Peterson case, Bill Cosby’s rise and falls along with an upcoming documentary on the 40th anniversary of the arrest of serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
She also worked on court proceedings involving Anna Nicole Smith in Florida. In addition, she also works in the Bahamas covering the International legal aspect of Smith’s untimely death.
In 2011, Casarez flew to Lima Peru for the CNN networks to work on the arrest of Joran van der Sloot in the murder of a Peruvian college student. During her time there she and her crew were able to obtain access to Peru’s maximum security prison Castro Castro, interviewing inmates and Peru’s Director of Prisons about the country’s correctional system.
Jean Casarez Court TV
When Court TV became known as In Session in 2009 she worked on the high-profile trials of George Zimmerman, Casey Anthony, Conrad Murray, and Jodi Arias. Furthermore, Casarez got the first sit-down interview with the Zimmerman defense team of Mark O’Mara and Don West for the CNN networks. Additionally, she sat down on the eve of Casey Anthony’s death penalty trial with her attorney Cheney Mason for an in-depth look at the challenge before him.
Prior to coming to CNN, she worked as a correspondent for Turner Broadcasting’s network Court TV, coming to the network in 2003. In her role, she worked on high-profile legal proceedings around the country including O.J. Simpson’s kidnapping trial, the civil rights trial of Edgar Ray Killen, Kobe Bryant, the murder of Jon Benet Ramsey, Scott Peterson’s sentencing verdict, and the criminal trial of Elizabeth Smart’s kidnapper Brian David Mitchell.
Casarez is also a member of the Nevada and Texas bars and is also a licensed attorney in the U.S. Southern District Court of Texas.
Prior to serving at the network level, she worked as the weekend anchor and reporter for KOLO-TV in Reno Nevada. Before that, she produced the news magazine show First Edition. She also worked as the City Hall reporter and fill-in anchor at KENS-TV in San Antonio, Texas.
Jean Casarez Salary
Casarez receives an annual salary ranging from $58,544 – $143,769. However, details about the exact amount of salary she earns are currently not available.
Jean Casarez Net Worth
Casarez has an estimated net worth of $2 million.