Amanda Brumfield

Amanda Brumfield, the estranged daughter of Billy Bob Thornton, was released from jail Friday night while her first-degree murder case is pending in Orange circuit court. After a nearly two-hour hearing, Orange Circuit Court Judge Bob Wattles set her bail at a total of $277,000. An Orange County Jail official said she was released on $279,000 bail about 8:45 p.m. Brumfield is charged with first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse and aggravated manslaughter of a child in the death of Olivia Garcia, a 1-year-old girl she was baby-sitting. Police say Brumfield, a mother of two, said the girl was injured when she fell out of ... Read Full Story

  Billy Bob Thornton’s oldest daughter, Amanda Brumfield,  was indicted on Wednesday on charges including first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse and aggravated manslaughter. These charges for Brumfield stem from the October 2008 death of a 1 year-old girl while in her care.   Amanda Brumfield, 29, was booked at the Orange County Jail, and is being held without bail, reports the Orlando Sentinel. When Brumfield was arrested this month, she told detectives that the little girl she was babysitting hit her head in a fall. Amanda Brumfield said she called for help more than two hours later after being unable to revive the child, ... Read Full Story

Amanda Brumfield - who is estranged from her actor father - was alsoindicted on aggravated child abuse and aggravated manslaughter charges onWednesday (24.06.09), following the death of a one-year-old girl in her carein Florida last October. Brumfield, 29 - who was charged with child neglect causing harm or disability earlier this month - was booked at the Orange County jail. When she was initially arrested, Brumfield reportedly told police the child died after sustaining a head injury following a fall from a playpen. It is alleged she did not call for help for two-and-a-half hours. An autopsy showed the youngster had a fractured skull ... Read Full Story

Billy Bob Thorton 's daughter, Amanda Brumfield , is not leaving jail anytime soon! An Orange County, Florida, judge ruled that Brumfield, who is being held on a first-degree murder charge, will be kept in jail until an expert witness testifies on evidence heard during a pretrial release hearing. Brumfield claims that while watching her best friend's 1-year-old daughter, Olivia Garcia, the baby to the ground while straddling the top of her playpen. What kind of babysitter lets a child do that?! The child died a short time later and her death has been ruled homicide. Judge Bob Wattles is waiting for Dr. Jan ... Read Full Story

Billy Bob Thornton ’s daughter has been released on $279,000 bail. According to the Orlando Sentinel 29-year-old Amanda Brunfield was released Friday from an Orange County, Florida jail pending her first-degree murder charges. Brumfield was arrested in May after authorities decided that her story didn’t quite add up. She had been babysitting for a 1-year old girl back in October. The girl ended up dying from what looks like a head injury, and Amanda is the number one suspect. Brumfield alleges Garcia received the injury falling from her playpen, but investigators and a medical examiner say they suspect the young girl died as a ... Read Full Story