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Posted on Wed, Oct. 15, 2003 HOLLYWOOD | NANNY CAUGHT ON TAPE Tape of nanny is misleading, attorney says An attorney says her client's behavior can be viewed as ''playful'' interaction, but child-care experts call it abuse of the 5-month old. BY ASHLEY FANTZ afantz@herald.com On Tuesday, a lawyer for a nanny accused of violently handling a Hollywood infant said a videotape of the caregiver and the child, which has aired repeatedly on television, is misleading. Fort Lauderdale attorney Allison Gilman said that slowing the tape, which shows Claudia Muro, 29, shaking the 5-month-old back and forth so aggressively that...

<p>HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — A woman was charged with child abuse after "nanny cams" showed her bashing a baby on the kitchen floor and forcefully shaking the 5-month-old girl, police said.</p> <p>One clip shows Claudia Muro, 29, raising the baby above her head and "slamming her on the floor three or possibly four times," according to a police report by Officer Susan J. Hayes (search) released Friday. Muro's back is to the camera, and the lower view of the baby is blocked by the woman's body.</p>