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  • Adelson Case Week In Review: Charlie's Appeal Arguments, Donna's Prison Transfer, and the Wendi Question

    Adelson Case Week In Review: Charlie's Appeal Arguments, Donna's Prison Transfer, and the Wendi Question
    Jan 12 2026

    Everything we covered this week on the Adelson case — Charlie's appeal heading to oral arguments, Donna's transfer to South Florida, and the question that won't go away.

    On February 3rd, 2026, Florida's First District Court of Appeal will hear oral arguments in Charlie Adelson's bid to overturn his life sentence. His 91-page brief makes four main arguments, but the numbers tell the story: of 130 potential jurors interviewed, 96 had heard of the case. Of the 54 who formed an opinion, 53 believed Charlie was guilty before the trial started. His attorneys argue pretrial publicity made a fair trial impossible. They also claim defense attorney Dan Rashbaum was compromised by a conflict of interest — the same conflict that blew up Donna's trial when Charlie revoked his waiver the morning jury selection was set to begin.

    Donna Adelson has been transferred from the Ocala reception center to Homestead Correctional Institution in Miami-Dade County — exactly where her defense requested at sentencing, close to her husband Harvey. She's filed her own notice of appeal. Mother and son, both serving life, fighting through the same appellate court, neither willing to testify for the other. This is the quiet phase of justice. No cameras. No jury. Just paperwork, precedent, and a five percent success rate.

    Charlie is in South Dakota after a 2024 security transfer. Katherine Magbanua remains at Lowell Annex. Five people convicted. Eleven years from murder to final judgment.

    And Wendi Adelson — identified by prosecutors as an unindicted co-conspirator, testified under limited immunity at every trial, consistently denied involvement, never charged. State Attorney Jack Campbell said decisions would come "in the coming weeks." Months later, the Markel family still waits.

    #CharlieAdelson #DonnaAdelson #DanMarkel #WendiAdelson #AdelsonAppeal #HomesteadPrison #MurderForHire #FloridaCrime #WeekInReview #JusticeForDanMarkel

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    43 min
  • Charlie Adelson Appeal: February 2026 Oral Arguments — Everything You Need to Know

    Charlie Adelson Appeal: February 2026 Oral Arguments — Everything You Need to Know
    Jan 6 2026
    Charlie Adelson will be back in a Florida courtroom on February 3rd, 2026 — but this time, it's not a trial. It's an appeal. His attorneys have filed a 91-page brief with Florida's First District Court of Appeal arguing that his conviction for the murder of Dan Markel should be reversed. The core claims: Leon County was so saturated with pretrial publicity that an impartial jury was impossible; potential jurors were caught discussing the case after being instructed not to; text messages that could have supported his defense were improperly excluded; and his attorney Dan Rashbaum operated under a conflict of interest that compromised his representation. That conflict is the same one Charlie invoked to blow up his mother Donna Adelson's trial in September 2024 — when he revoked his waiver on the morning jury selection was set to begin, forcing Rashbaum to withdraw and Donna to find new counsel.

    Now Charlie is arguing the conflict hurt him too. Donna, convicted in September 2025 and sentenced to life, has filed her own notice of appeal. Her full brief hasn't been submitted yet. Both Adelsons are now fighting through the appellate system — separately, silently, and with slim odds of success. This episode covers the legal arguments, the timeline, and what realistically happens next in the final legal chapter of the Markel case.


    #CharlieAdelson #DonnaAdelson #DanMarkel #AdelsonCase #MarkelMurder #FloridaAppeal #MurderForHire #AdelsonFamily #TrueCrime #JusticeForDan


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    17 min
  • Donna Adelson: Cracks, Clues, and the Moment She Slipped | 2025 True Crime

    Donna Adelson: Cracks, Clues, and the Moment She Slipped | 2025 True Crime
    Jan 3 2026
    In this 2025 Year-in-Review Hidden Killers special, we bring together the two most explosive pillars of the case against Donna Adelson: the alleged long-term orchestration of a murder-for-hire plot — and the undercover “bump” that may have exposed her entire operation in a single moment.

    Tony Brueski sits down with defense attorney and former prosecutor Eric Faddis, along with retired FBI Behavioral Analysis Program Chief Robin Dreeke, to deliver the most complete psychological and legal breakdown of Donna Adelson we’ve produced yet.

    We start with the big question hanging over the entire trial:
    Was Donna Adelson the mastermind — or a woman unraveling under the weight of her own control?

    From her children’s emotionally distant testimony, to the 44 paychecks she allegedly signed for the intermediary, to the one-way ticket to Vietnam waiting in her drawer, the case is stacked with bizarre behavior, shifting loyalties, and damning digital evidence.
    Then we go to the moment everything cracked: the undercover FBI “bump.”
    When investigators handed Donna a flyer implying someone “knew everything,” she didn’t panic. She didn’t break. She didn’t even call her husband.
    Instead — just 22 minutes later — she quietly phoned her son Charlie. The money flow to the alleged conspirators stopped instantly.

    Robin Dreeke dissects this reaction, explaining why the lack of visible fear might be the most incriminating behavior of all. A normal grandmother would freeze. Donna recalibrated. And that, he says, is the psychological tell investigators look for.

    Together, these revelations paint a portrait of a woman who prosecutors claim coordinated, concealed, and controlled every variable — until the moment one piece of paper hit her lap and her mask slipped.

    Is Donna Adelson a misunderstood mother caught in chaos?
    Or the architect of a conspiracy now collapsing around her?

    #DonnaAdelson #DanMarkel #HiddenKillers #RobinDreeke #EricFaddis #MurderTrial #TrueCrime #BehavioralAnalysis #CourtroomDrama #FamilyCrime
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    1 ora e 5 min
  • Wendi Freezes, Robert Speaks: The Adelson Kids Break Silence | 2025 True Crime

    Wendi Freezes, Robert Speaks: The Adelson Kids Break Silence | 2025 True Crime
    Jan 2 2026
    In today’s explosive Hidden Killers breakdown, we examine the testimony that has completely reshaped the Donna Adelson trial — testimony not from police, not from experts, but from Donna’s own children, whose words now carry some of the greatest weight in the courtroom.

    First, we turn to Wendi Adelson, whose strategy has the courtroom buzzing. While her brother Robert delivered blunt, precise answers, Wendi leaned heavily on one phrase:
    “I don’t remember.”
     Again. And again. And again.

    But is this selective memory a trauma response from years of family pressure, manipulation, and emotional control?
    Or is it a carefully crafted shield — a strategic fog meant to protect herself, the family, and possibly Donna?

    Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins Tony Brueski to dissect Wendi’s demeanor in real time, explaining how adult children of dominant or narcissistic parents often split — one breaking free and telling the truth, the other staying entangled in loyalty, denial, or fear. Jurors watch every pause. Every hesitation. Every dodge. And Shavaun breaks down exactly what those signals mean.

    Then we shift to Robert Adelson, whose testimony landed like a hammer. Clinical. Direct. Brutally honest. He described Donna’s controlling tendencies, her intrusion into major life decisions, and her eerie lack of concern after Dan Markel’s murder. His words were not defensive. They were revelatory.

    Defense Attorney Eric Faddis joins Tony to analyze how jurors absorb testimony when it comes straight from a defendant’s own children — one distancing herself through “I don’t remember,” the other stepping into the sunlight with uncomfortable truth.

    Is this character evidence — or is it motive crystallized?
    Are we watching a family fracture, or a family finally telling the truth about its own internal gravity?

    This isn’t just testimony.
    This is the Adelson family dynamic cracked open in front of a jury — loyalty, fear, denial, resentment, and survival all colliding in real time.

    #DonnaAdelson #WendiAdelson #DanMarkel #AdelsonTrial #TrueCrime #CourtroomDrama #ShavaunScott #EricFaddis #FamilyDynamics #HiddenKillers


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    35 min
  • Inside the 9 Moments That Destroyed Donna’s Defense | 2025 True Crime

    Inside the 9 Moments That Destroyed Donna’s Defense | 2025 True Crime
    Jan 1 2026
    The façade of the “sweet grandmother in a cardigan” shattered today. In this hard-hitting Hidden Killers breakdown, we walk through nine of the most devastating revelations from Sergeant Christopher Corbett’s testimony — evidence so precise, so digital, and so tightly woven that it left the courtroom stunned.

    These weren’t theories. These weren’t assumptions. These were time-stamped movements, call patterns, incriminating texts, and Donna Adelson’s own words, laid out with forensic clarity.

    Among the biggest blows:

    • The “Outside your house” text. A message sent at the exact moment prosecutors say Donna was tracking Dan Markel’s movements.
    • “Erase this after you read it.” A chilling instruction no innocent person casually sends.
    • Charlie’s perfectly timed calls — aligning almost to the minute with rental car pickups tied to the hit.
    • Donna’s movements minutes after the murder, including a route that conveniently took her past Charlie’s house.
    • Calling the Markel children “Adelsons” two weeks before Dan was killed, revealing a mindset prosecutors say exposes motive.
    • A 2013 email laying out a coordinated plan involving Donna, Harvey, and Charlie — to corner, pressure, and financially squeeze Dan. A blueprint prosecutors argue became the DNA of the murder plot.

    Corbett’s testimony destroyed any illusion that this was mere “family conflict.” The jury saw a digital trail of coordination, secrecy, and intent — breadcrumb after breadcrumb pointing straight toward Donna.

    This episode breaks down each bombshell moment in plain language, showing how the prosecution connected Donna’s texts, location data, phone records, and long-running resentments into a narrative that’s now impossible to ignore.

    Listen closely. These weren’t harmless family conversations.
    They were signals, timing cues, and cover stories — the anatomy of a conspiracy unraveling in real time.

    #DonnaAdelson #DanMarkel #AdelsonTrial #MurderForHire #CharlieAdelson #TrueCrime #WiretapEvidence #CourtroomDrama #HiddenKillers #PhoneRecords #CrimeAnalysis


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    1 ora e 24 min
  • Jeffrey LaCasse Testifies: Wendi Adelson’s Secrets Hit the Courtroom | 2025 True Crime

    Jeffrey LaCasse Testifies: Wendi Adelson’s Secrets Hit the Courtroom | 2025 True Crime
    Dec 31 2025
    In this 2025 Year-in-Review Hidden Killers special, we break down one of the most significant moments to emerge from the Donna Adelson trial: the testimony of Jeffrey LaCasse, Wendi Adelson’s former boyfriend, whose words added a new layer of depth — and danger — to the State’s narrative.

    LaCasse took the stand with a calm, steady presence, recounting conversations he had with Wendi in the months leading up to Dan Markel’s murder. His testimony struck the courtroom when he recalled Wendi telling him that Charlie Adelson had “looked into all options” to fix the family’s custody frustrations. In 2014, it sounded cryptic. In 2025, inside a courtroom where three co-conspirators have already been convicted, those words land like a thunderclap.

    LaCasse also addressed the infamous “TV repair story,” which prosecutors say was a pre-planned narrative used by members of the Adelson family after the murder. According to LaCasse, Wendi relayed the story to him in a way that felt strangely packaged — a detail prosecutors argue suggests the family crafted alibis and talking points before suspicion even existed.

    What makes LaCasse’s testimony so powerful isn’t just what he said — it’s how it fits into the broader family pattern prosecutors have spent all of 2025 laying out. His recollections connect personal moments to the alleged conspiracy:
    • Wendi sharing unsettling comments about relocation.
    • Charlie floating “options” to solve the conflict.
    • Donna’s influence echoing behind the scenes.
    • The family aligning on explanations before anyone asked questions.

    LaCasse’s testimony doesn’t point fingers — it illuminates the conversations and dynamics prosecutors say reveal the motive behind Dan Markel’s murder. It gives jurors a candid glimpse into how the Adelson family discussed their problems behind closed doors — and how those conversations may tie directly to Donna’s role at the center of this case.

    This testimony wasn’t just impactful — it was foundational.

    #DonnaAdelson #WendiAdelson #JeffreyLaCasse #DanMarkel #TrialCoverage #TVRepairStory #CharlieAdelson #CourtroomDrama #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime


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    26 min
  • Donna Adelson EXPOSED: Emails, Kids Testimony Shock Court | 2025 True Crime

    Donna Adelson EXPOSED: Emails, Kids Testimony Shock Court | 2025 True Crime
    Dec 30 2025
    In this 2025 Year-in-Review Hidden Killers special, we break down two of the most devastating developments in the Donna Adelson trial — the explosive emails prosecutors say reveal her true motives, and the jaw-dropping testimony from her own children and Wendi’s ex-boyfriend that shattered the family narrative she’s tried to control for more than a decade.

    First, we examine the emails Donna sent to Wendi during the custody battle, messages prosecutors use to peel back the “sweet grandmother” facade. These emails — strategic, emotional, manipulative — show Donna instructing Wendi how to behave in court, urging her to use psychological tactics, floating a $1 million bribe to Dan Markel, and making relocation “non-negotiable.” As defense attorney Bob Motta explains, emails are powerful because they don’t stutter, they don’t forget, and they don’t rewrite history. They sit in black-and-white, revealing a matriarch prosecutors say was accustomed to controlling every variable.

    Then we turn to the testimony that rocked the courtroom.
    Wendi Adelson, testifying under subpoena and immunity, admitted her mother coached her relentlessly during the divorce and custody battles — everything from religion to courtroom performance.
    Robert Adelson followed, describing Donna as controlling, intrusive, and disturbingly detached after Dan’s murder. He recalled her saying, “I don’t know and I don’t care,” when asked what she thought happened to Markel.
    And then came Jeffrey Lacasse, whose testimony lit the courtroom on fire. He recounted Wendi telling him:
    “The only way I’ll ever relocate is if something happens to Danny.”
     He also described Charlie discussing “all options,” including hiring a hitman.

    Prosecutors argue this trio of testimony exposes Donna not as a passive parent, but as the architect of a conspiracy powered by resentment, control, and entitlement — with her own family now delivering the evidence.

    This is the most revealing window yet into the Adelson family's internal dynamics — a portrait of loyalty cracking under the weight of truth.

    #DonnaAdelson #WendiAdelson #DanMarkel #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #BobMotta #CourtroomDrama #MurderForHire #TrialCoverage #CrimeNews


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    44 min
  • Rob Adelson Testifies in Donna Adelson Trial: Brother Takes the Stand in Family Murder Case | 2025 True Crime

    Rob Adelson Testifies in Donna Adelson Trial: Brother Takes the Stand in Family Murder Case | 2025 True Crime
    Dec 29 2025
    The Trial of Donna Adelson took an even more complex turn today as Robert “Rob” Adelson, Donna’s eldest son, stepped into the witness box. Unlike the investigators and outside witnesses, Rob brought jurors a deeply personal perspective, one that intersects family loyalty with the gravity of a murder trial.

    Rob’s testimony centered on family communications and interactions around the time of Dan Markel’s murder. He fielded questions about his mother’s involvement, the family’s frustrations over Wendi’s custody battle, and whether Donna ever spoke openly about solutions to “fix” the problem. While carefully measured in his answers, his presence underscored that even those closest to Donna cannot escape the courtroom spotlight.

    This testimony matters because it highlights how prosecutors are drawing a circle of influence around the Adelson family. By calling Rob, the State aimed to show that this wasn’t just a distant plot—it was something that touched the entire household. His words gave the jury insight into how family conversations may have shaped Donna’s state of mind, and whether her alleged desperation was evident to those closest to her.

    For the jury, Rob’s appearance added another dimension. Seeing a son testify while his mother faces life-altering charges creates a powerful visual: a family divided by allegations of murder, betrayal, and conspiracy. His testimony may not have been explosive, but it painted another piece of the picture prosecutors want jurors to see—a family dynamic steeped in pressure, resentment, and control.

    The trial is no longer just about evidence and timelines; it’s about family bonds unraveling in front of the world.

    #DonnaAdelson #RobAdelson #DanMarkel #TrueCrime #CourtroomDrama #FloridaJustice #MurderTrial #AdelsonTrial #FamilyTestimony #TrialCoverage


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    43 min