But much to Adelson's displeasure, her motion to move said she was now “stuck in Tallahassee until (Markel) decides that the time is right for him to leave.”
In addition, she alleged, he'd made life at the law school difficult by telling her colleagues she had mental health issues and had stolen money from him.
“She is divorcing the husband due to her unhappiness with him and the marriage and she only moved out of the home because she knew that (Markel) would not,” the filing said. “He simply is having difficulty accepting her decision.”
Markel challenged the motion, saying it was “vague, filled with rank and obvious falsehoods, and the legal analysis is fundamentally inept.”
He asked the judge to award costs to him and took shots at the Adelson family. Adelson’s “affluent parents,” his motion said, were “bank-rolling” her litigation. If costs weren’t awarded to Markel the “vexatious and groundless litigation” would persist and inhibit the parents from raising the children together.
Leon County Circuit Judge Barbara Hobbs denied Adelson's request to leave because she could not prove the relocation would be in the best interest of the boys. The parents, it was ordered, would stick to a temporary parenting schedule. According to the plan, the boys were to be with Markel the July week he would end up being shot in the head.
Valentine’s Day accusations
Five months before he'd be killed — on Valentine’s Day 2014 — Markel went on the offensive.
