FL - FSU Law Professor Dan Markel Murdered by Hitmen *3 guilty* #14

[cottonweaver]

This family is so enmeshed though. I think KM will be run over by all wheels of the bus. JMO

will Katie be watching this trial? Does she have access organised by the State- because the State might be use her for rebuttal?

 

[Gypsy Road]

Carl Steinbeck on STS has graded Rushbaum an F grade and said ' Rushbaum might as well well claim that aliens came down and did this'

That’s funny! An attorney on Court Tv gave gave Rasbaum’s opening a very bad review also.

 

[Gypsy Road]

will Katie be watching this trial? Does she have access organised by the State- because the State might be use her for rebuttal?

Good question. She’s in the Leon County Jail, so I wonder if she has access to a live feed ?

 

[nodamselindistress]

It is a preposterous theory Rashbaum put forth, but I guess he really did not have much else to work with given all the evidence against CA.

 

[cottonweaver]

Good question. She’s in the Leon County Jail, so I wonder if she has access to a live feed ?

Her popcorn kernels will be frying themselves if she has seen that - she won't need access to a microwave. Steaming hot ( Rushbaum claiming for example, how desperate KM was for a committed relationship with CA ' the travelling periodontist')

 

[Weki]

I knew it! As crazy as it sounds, this is the only narrative for defense. They have to say it was an extortion and try to separate Charlie from the threesome. <modsnip - not approved sources> But I knew it!!!! It’s the only defense theory that they have!

 

[Gypsy Road]

Her popcorn kernels will be frying themselves if she has seen that - she won't need access to a microwave. Steaming hot ( Rushbaum claiming for example, how desperate KM was for a committed relationship with CA)

Oh man…you aren’t kidding. After all the lying and covering she has done for them over the last 9 years. Her loyalty has been unwavering - well until the proffer. Wonder if she is having any regrets about turning States witness?

 

[clearskies1]

I can't wrap my brain around all of the things you would have to believe to buy this defense.

A lot of the facts are now conceded by the defense. Since we've seen the evidence before, I'm not sure how interesting a lot of this will be.

JMO.

 

[cottonweaver]

Oh man…you aren’t kidding. After all the lying and covering she has done for them over the last 9 years. Her loyalty has been unwavering - well until the proffer. Wonder if she is having any regrets about turning States witness?

I am joking at her expense, I don't really care how she feels. OTOH I do sincerely hope that Wendi was watching that and having one of her meltdowns right now.

If feel awful for the kids- both women's but apart from that, they're all hideous people.

 

[newbysleuther]

I am joking at her expense, I don't really care how she feels. OTOH I do sincerely hope that Wendi was watching that and having one of her meltdowns right now.

If feel awful for the kids- both women's but apart from that, they're all hideous people.

Wendi is in the building

https://twitter.com/x/status/1717587547394637889

 

[Gypsy Road]

Wendi is in the building

https://twitter.com/x/status/1717587547394637889

Other lady is NOT happy her photo is being snapped. Lol

 

[clearskies1]

Wendi is in the building

https://twitter.com/x/status/1717587547394637889

Oh...so seems State's going to get her on the stand this afternoon. JMO.

 

[scapa]

Her popcorn kernels will be frying themselves if she has seen that - she won't need access to a microwave. Steaming hot ( Rushbaum claiming for example, how desperate KM was for a committed relationship with CA ' the travelling periodontist')

It's absurd. Someone with better 'shop skills than I needs to update these file pix of "CA, The Peripatetic Periodonist"

 

[Seattle1]

Wow -- somebody looks fragile and aging since last trial!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1717587547394637889

 

[scapa]

In her "demure, courtroom" togs, I see.

Her companion looks less than pleased to be snapped.

 

[cottonweaver]

Wendi is in the building

https://twitter.com/x/status/1717587547394637889

Who's the laydee minder?
Is that The New Jane?

 

[BSBC]

This summary of the story Rashbaum wants the jury to believe reveals its absurdity:

Charlie Adelson trial Day 1: State’s case consistent, defense floats puzzling conspiracy theory

'The defense theory isn’t just missing pieces. It’s missing borders, a picture and any semblance of glue.'

floridapolitics.com

In the winding defense theory, Charlie spoke too freely in front of bad actors — namely his then-girlfriend Katie Magbanua — about the stress his sister was feeling through her highly litigious divorce and was then set up by Katie and her gangster associates in a plot to extort money from his family. Rashbaum told the jury that Katie wanted a deeper relationship with Charlie, but that Charlie didn’t want that. And that Katie’s allegiance to Charlie really upset Garcia, with whom she shares two children.

The defense story has a few threads. In one, Garcia hated Charlie. Garcia decided to kill Markel to get Charlie framed for murder so that Garcia could get Katie back all for himself. Somehow, Rashbaum tells the jury, Garcia intentionally called an Adelson phone (Harvey’s) to plant a connection that could be discoverable by law enforcement. It’s unclear how Rashbaum thinks Garcia believed this plot would work, considering it would result in linking himself to the murder.

In the other thread, Rashbaum claims that Katie herself masterminded this — having heard Charlie’s hit man “joke” and the ability of the family to contemplate a $1 million payoff to Markel. In other words, Rashbaum insinuates, Charlie became enmeshed in a web of extortion and blackmail long after the murder, with the FBI bump becoming a “second extortion” against him and his family.

Rashbaum claims that the extensive wiretapping and the recording of Charlie at Dolce Vita will exonerate his client — and will prove his innocence (never mind that his defense fought super hard but unsuccessfully to keep all of these recordings out of trial.)

 

[TrialLurking]

It is a preposterous theory Rashbaum put forth, but I guess he really did not have much else to work with given all the evidence against CA.

His mother must be feeling extreme paranoia. I know I would.

 

[Gypsy Road]

These questions Rashbaum is asking the detective are kinda ridiculous. Of course Wendy is was still making plans up until the murder. What was she going to say? “Sorry, no I won’t be able to attend - or I won’t be able enroll my children in the new school because my ex is going to be murdered and I’ll be going back to Miami “. Eyeroll.

 

[cottonweaver]

These questions Rashbaum is asking the detective are kinda ridiculous. Of course Wendy is was still making plans up until the murder. What was she going to say? “Sorry, no I won’t be able to attend - or I won’t be able enroll my children in the new school because my ex is going to be murdered and I’ll be going back to Miami “. Eyeroll.

and every time he asks one - ' where you aware that Wendi......etc?' , CA does that head shake and grimace as if Rushbaum is scoring hits