FL - FSU Law Professor Dan Markel Murdered by Hitmen *4 Guilty* #24

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Her story that she didn’t want to give away Sigfredo makes little sense to me. As I recall, said on the stand in Charlie’s trial that it was because he was facing the death penalty, but it is my understanding that even after that was taken off the table and he was convicted, and before her second trial, she still refused to talk. As I recall she was asked about this on the stand, and she said that she didn’t want to hurt Sig’s appeal. None of this makes sense to me, because I have seen correspondence between Sig and his attorneys in which Sig himself is strongly encouraged to take a deal, and told that the state is willing to make a deal with Katie. (I believe his attorney even tells him his chances on appeal are slim, but I am not certain I am remembering that correctly.). In the correspondence that I’ve seen, my impression is that he seems bent on taking his chances at trial and on appeal, despite all legal advice against it.

I was under the impression that Sig loved Katie very much and would do anything for her, but he seems to me in this case to have been reluctant to take a deal that might have helped them both. One would think that if Katie had been told about his refusal to take an opportunity to save her and help himself, she would have changed her mind on being reluctant to tell on him, especially with the death penalty off the table. It’s possible that the offer for him, and his refusal to take it, was not communicated to her. Something is not adding up for me.
Right. Not adding up. At all. She said “If i gave Charlie away I’d have to give up the father of my children..you can arrest Charlie…” or something like that. She said it several times to Rashbaum.
Theres something really fishy and I’m wondering if her appeal could have to do with lawyer issues.
She did admit she was involved in the murder, so what do you think her appeal can be?
And shouldn’t that have already been happening?
 
Re the subject of ' bumping into Magbanua at the office', as per @GordonX 's WS post

@pattysplayhouse
On the last episode of STS, Joel said that one his sources had told him that Markus moved into a new office which just so happened to be in the same building complex as Magbanua's attorney. That he moved in, just when the case ' started to go down.' ( I assume Joel meant he moved in 2016)
Joel didn't elaborate further but it might be something you could delve into - if interested - due to your access & knowledge of so many property and rental records ? Attorney Daryl Cohen also agreed with Joel that it was a 'contrived' move
 
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So why was Judge Hankinson satisfied re: who paid Katies defense?
 
Maybe DeCoste got a super discounted rental rate from Markus to sub-let office space in Penthouse One which Charlie paid for through Markus in exchange for most (~90%) of Katie's legal fees? That's one way to hide it. And Katie's family paying ~10% for show. That would be one way to fool the court and Hankinson.
 
Maybe DeCoste got a super discounted rental rate from Markus to sub-let office space in Penthouse One which Charlie paid for through Markus in exchange for most (~90%) of Katie's legal fees? That's one way to hide it. And Katie's family paying ~10% for show. That would be one way to fool the court and Hankinson.
It could be as simple as Katie needed a lawyer and Markus suggested these people down the hall.
 


Why star 67 your number if you are innocent? Donna says “OK’..not “let’s call the cops…maybe they are getting closer to finding Dans killer”….because we are being extorted….
Yes because they feared the extorters….

Interesting is the whole rant about how much better it is to pay a patient off then have to go to the board and perhaps lose your license over a lawsuit.
Pretty telling. Almost like a confession?
 
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Why star 67 your number if you are innocent? Donna says “OK’..not “let’s call the cops…maybe they are getting closer to finding Dans killer”….because we are being extorted….
Yes because they feared the extorters….

Interesting is the whole rant about how much better it is to pay a patient off then have to go to the board and perhaps lose your license over a lawsuit.
Pretty telling. Almost like a confession?
Definitely

Charlie presents to his mom the risks of going to the cops ( The Board) vs paying the blackmailer
Donna is so in tune with their covert comms style that she appreciates the risks immediately ( What if it's not a one-time payment?)
Charlie says ' but they're not bugging Wendi' ( approaching Wendi as the obvious suspect. That worries him because he knows it signifies the blackmailer has information beyond the obvious)

It's so slick.

Anyway, I guess this is another call which won't be used at Donna's trial.
 
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So - can I have someone tell if ?? Jury selection starts on 9/17 or 9/20....

TIA - and very much appreciated!! :)
 
Definitely

Charlie presents to his mom the risks of going to the cops ( The Board) vs paying the blackmailer
Donna is so in tune with their covert comms style that she appreciates the risks immediately ( What if it's not a one-time payment?)
Charlie says ' but they're not bugging Wendi' ( approaching Wendi as the obvious suspect. That worries him because he knows it signifies the blackmailer has information beyond the obvious)

It's so slick.

Anyway, I guess this is another call which won't be used at Donna's trial.
Yes, the state said they were not using any calls with Charlie in it. But was that After his arrest?
They probably have enough on Donna then. I’d think. Donna, the mother of all mothers, is not correcting her son, or making any suggestions, I’d guess she is playing online scrabble while she talks to him…I’m guilty of that myself while listening to YT videos lol. The video is more incriminating for Charlie, anyway.

You actually did a better job of dissecting the audio then I did.
 
“I think it's the worst legal advice that maybe any lawyer ever provided to a client. I'm not going to hold back here at all I mean I guess that's kind of where I'm at tonight. I can't imagine a grosser disservice that a lawyer has ever done to a client than the lawyers that did anything to steer Katie Magbanua away from you know basically - the truth absolutely would have set her free so you know I absolutely 100% hold the attorneys accountable in that regard or any attorney you know maybe one or the other was in one camp. It seemed to me and you know I got the distinct impression from that closing argument that that attorney would have done everything she could to basically push the trial forward push it forward as opposed to you know maybe sitting down and having a conversation that needed to be had with Katie which I mean you know I think the truth you know is the proof’s in the pudding we're sitting here now and Katie's going to be in prison for the rest of her life whereas my understanding is she had pretty much just you know just tell the truth and um you know we'll let you go completely so yeah it was just terrible, terrible legal advice.” - Stephen G. Webster - Was Wendi Adelson Getting Preferential Treatment ? And Donna’s Biggest Problem - Surviving The Survivor: #BestGuests in True Crime
 
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