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Money can definitely be washed. It’s got some cloth in it. But in South Florida, with the humidity, when paper gets wet and dries and is stored somewhere without air conditioning, there is a moldy smell.
They have gone through quite a few attorneys already if I recall correctly. At a certain point, you are left with what you are left with.
They’re not on the Patreon as far as I know.
One wonders what Rash might have been instructed to tell Charlie, re Donna, and what he may have conveyed to Donna, re Charlie and whether Charlie intends to talk. The fact that Charlie said he maintains his innocence is interesting, considering his having been convicted might be brought up at Donna’s eventual trial.
I imagine but don’t know, of course, that Donna is a difficult client. Descalzo seemed to believe that Donna had not been visited by a mental health professional, but the records do indicate she had. Where might she have gotten that impression, and why didn’t she look at the records and confront her client with what they said?
I think he was just overcome with emotion.
There are multiple possibilities for fresh evidence and CA may be attuned to what they are...there are some warrants issued that have yet to be completely fulfilled and analysed. Certainly the PCA did not reveal much beyond what we already knew.
I am particularly glad he got to talk about the underhanded (in my opinion) move of inviting them to the older child’s Bar Mitzvah, then scheduling a visit earlier, and then withdrawing the Bar Mitzvah invitation after the visit. And he said they were only invited to the ceremony, not the party. Just, wow. I suppose that would have been an awkward party had they gone. I can’t even imagine. And why were the visits supervised? That wasn’t ordered by any court, as far as I know.View attachment 467592
Dan Markel’s mother to hold Tallahassee book event on eve of Charlie Adelson trial
Midtown Reader and Shomrei Torah to host event on Oct. 25.
Charlie Adelson gets life sentence for someone else’s problem; Phil Markel moves courtroom to tears
'Thank you. Today is a good day.'
''To a silent, attentive courtroom, Phil read his family’s victim impact statement via Zoom. It was the first time Phil had made such a remark. He began by recounting Dan’s birth — at 10 pounds — an experience Phil was lucky to be witness to.
“My son had incredible intelligence, energy, and warmth,” the heartbroken father said. “He loved to socialize, dance, cook, entertain, and play sports and dedicated himself wholeheartedly to everything he did.”
Phil continued about how Dan’s “desire of improvement and commitment to excellence was a defining characteristic of his short life” and commended how Dan had become an influential legal scholar and full-tenured law professor, highly unusual at his age.
But beyond being a prolific writer and thinker, Phil described Dan’s greatest joy as being a father.
“Danny’s marriage produced two boys, Benjamin and Lincoln, who were his absolute world and the love of his life. Dan arranged his entire life around these two boys,” Phil said, sharing how Dan would even meet his sons for breakfast at preschool, sit in their circle and read and tell stories there.
Despite the distance to his family in Canada, “Dan felt the boys had to know and be a part of the family.” He would Skype with his father over dinner, tablet at the table, so they could all be together even from afar.
“Dan’s life was abruptly cut short, and he was abruptly taken from me, his boys and the rest of his family, friends and colleagues. My life has been in total disarray since Dan’s murder. Many nights I wake up in the middle of the night in terrible sweat with thoughts of Dan’s murder and all that has happened,” Phil continued about the unthinkable pain he must live with every day. “I miss him with all my heart.”
Compounding the Markels’ tragedy of losing Dan, they have also lost a meaningful connection with his sons.
“Danny is never coming back. We continue to hope and pray for justice and a return to normalcy of playing a role in the lives of our two grandsons. We still do not have a meaningful relationship with them. Visits are limited and very controlled. For six years we were denied any and all visits with the boys,” Phil shared, going on to explain how they’ve only been allowed two limited, supervised visits in the last two years. “Not only have I lost my son, but I have effectively lost two of my grandkids as well. Even their family names have been changed from Markel to Adelson.”
My connection to Phil's impact statement cut out a couple of times so I don't know if it was the zoom he was on or the link I was watching. Nonetheless, before the interruption, I did hear Phil state that both Ruth and himself were approaching age 80 and so far in good health. He went on to say he was concerned about the time they have lost with their grandchildren, Benjamin and Lincoln.
I had to listen twice to catch it all.
IIRC Mentour Lawyer also made an application for them long ago and also said he has them. Maybe at some point in the future, he'll upload them on his channel?
