Jada E. Williams @JadaEWilliams 1h1 hour ago
"First off, that phone call is very embarrassing. I didn't even know that I could say that many bad words in a 23 minute span."- Katherine Magbanua talking about one of the wiretaps that we heard in court."
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Jada E. Williams @JadaEWilliams 1h1 hour ago
Magbanua admits to talking in code with Garcia about the number. She says she did it because she was either around her kids or at work. She says Charlie Adelson never asked her to limit her phone calls or be careful about what she says.
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Jada E. Williams @JadaEWilliams 1h1 hour ago
Magbanua says the other times that she was talking in code is because her best friend was around.
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Karl EttersVerified account @KarlEtters 1h1 hour ago
Magbanua said Charlie Adelson had grandiose visions of himself. Talked about having ties to the Russian mob. He's a paranoid person, she said
Jada E. Williams @JadaEWilliams 1h1 hour ago
Magabanua also said Charlie Adelson talked about ties to the Russian mafia. She says he's a paranoid person.
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Karl EttersVerified account @KarlEtters 1h1 hour ago
Magbanua says Charlie Adelson definitely knew who Tuto was. Thought it weird that he was saying on the phone that he didn't
Jada E. Williams @JadaEWilliams 1h1 hour ago
Magbanua is making side comments on the stand. She apologized for her language, she mentioned that she and her best friend sound alike over the phone, she said bless you when someone sneexed.
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Jada E. Williams @JadaEWilliams 1h1 hour ago
Magbanua says Charlie Adelson did know who Tuto was. Tuto is Sigfredo Garcia's nickname.
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Karl EttersVerified account @KarlEtters 1h1 hour ago
She was on the p[hone with Garcia when he was arrested for Markel's murder. "That was my last conversation," she said
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Magbanua said she remembers the day she was arrested "Clear as day."
Karl EttersVerified account @KarlEtters 1h1 hour ago
Magbanua could read the arrest report laying out the whole case. She hired an attorney for Garcia but not herself
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It was then she learned she might be a suspect
Kawass: "There was no question in your mind the state thought you were a suspect?"
Magbanua: "They were making me a suspect"
Jada E. Williams @JadaEWilliams 1h1 hour ago
Magbanua raises her voice as Kawass asks her about the first day detectives approached her door. Interesting considering the Judge has asked her multiple times to speak up.
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Jada E. Williams @JadaEWilliams 1h1 hour ago
Magbanua says two men in plain clothes and an unmarked car knocked at her door. She called Garcia and said she was freaking out. That's why she ignored them. During that call, Garcia tells her that FBI agents also visited him at work.
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Julie Montanaro WCTVVerified account @JulieMontanaroW 1h1 hour ago
Magbanua described two men - not in uniform - banging on her door “I was freaking out ... my dog was going crazy,” didn’t realize they were federal agents
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Julie Montanaro WCTVVerified account @JulieMontanaroW 1h1 hour ago
Magbanua says she called Garcia at work and a co-worker told her there were feds there too
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Jada E. Williams @JadaEWilliams 1h1 hour ago
Magbanua says the news spread everywhere from national news to Facebook when Garcia was arrested. Magbanua says she shut down and was distraught when that happened.
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Julie Montanaro WCTVVerified account @JulieMontanaroW 1h1 hour ago
Magbanua says she was “distraught” when she heard about Garcia’s arrest, said she soon learned arrest papers referenced her involvement
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Julie Montanaro WCTVVerified account @JulieMontanaroW 52m52 minutes ago
“I can’t even count,” Magbanua said about the guns pointed at her during her arrest. “Every direction.”
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Jada E. Williams @JadaEWilliams 1h1 hour ago
Magbanua says she found out she was a suspect when she got an attorney for Garcia and was advised that she should get an attorney too.
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Jada E. Williams @JadaEWilliams 1h1 hour ago
Tara Kawass: "Why did you stop talking to your friends?"
Katherine Magbanua: "Because it was embarrassing."
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Jada E. Williams @JadaEWilliams 1h1 hour ago
Magbanua says she was afraid to stay in their home after Garcia's arrest. She says she didn't flee, she went to her brother's house in Broward.
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Karl EttersVerified account @KarlEtters 53m53 minutes ago
Kawass: "You’ve been in custody this entire time. Are you aware the government wants Charlie Adelson?"
That's the crux of this whole thing.
Judge sustains an objection and the attorneys go sidebar
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Kawass: "Do you think Charlie Adelson was involved in this?"
Magbanua: "Yes"
Kawass: "And that he was lying to you?"
Magbanua: "Yes"
Kawass: "Are you innocent?"
Magbanua: "Yes"
Julie Montanaro WCTVVerified account @JulieMontanaroW 44m44 minutes ago
“Are you innocent?” Defense attorney asks. “Yes,” Magbanua said
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Karl EttersVerified account @KarlEtters 34m34 minutes ago
We're on
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