"CARDI B BEATS THE CASE, DONNA ADELSON MELTS DOWN & THE 'KISS AND KILL' GIRLFRIEND"

0:03 Caalaroga Shark Media. Good morning, I'm read Carter. Thursday, September fourth, twenty twenty five. Today on Celebrity Trials, Cardi B just got away with assault. A Los Angeles jury decided that spitting on your security guard is totally fine if you have enough Instagram followers. Donna Addelson took the stand in her murder trial and somehow made things worse for herself. Turns out, crying grandmother tears can't wash away wiretaps of you saying the TV is fixed after your son in law's murder. And jury selection begins today for the kiss and Kill case, where a Wisconsin woman wrote detailed notes about murdering her boyfriend, then claimed self defense because nothing says spontaneous self defense like a written plan. All that and more on today's celebrity trials, Let's start with the verdict that proves celebrity justice is an Oxymoron yesterday afternoon, after six hours of deliberation, a Los Angeles jury found in favor of Cardi B in the assault case brought by her former security guard Amani Ellis. Let me repeat that they found in favor of Cardi B. The woman who admitted she spit on Ellis, whom multiple witnesses saw attack Ellis, who was caught on camera mocking Ellis during trial.

1:30 She won. The jury apparently bought the defense argument that Ellis assumed the risk by working for Cardi, b that she knew Cardi was passionate and expressive when she took the job. Assumed the risk like working security, means you consent to being spit on. Here's what one juror, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told reporters. We felt like both parties could have handled it better. It was a heated moment, not criminal assault. A heated moment. Spitting on someone is now just a heated moment. Another juror said, Carti seemed really genuine on the stand. You could tell she was sorry it happened. Sorry it happened, Not sorry she did it. Sorry it happened. Like the spit jumped out of her mouth on its own. Amanie Ellis was seeking unspecified damages for assault, battery, and emotional distress. She got nothing zero. In fact, since Carti won, Ellis might have to pay Carti's legal fees. The victim has to pay the attackers. Lawyers welcome to American Justice. Carti's reaction, she left court, got in her Lamborghini and posted on Instagram, winning, they tried it, but you can't break a Bronx bitch.

2:46 Thank you to my legal team and everyone who supported me. Then she posted a video of herself literally spitting spitting, with the caption this one's for the haters. She's mocking the woman she assaulted, celebrating getting away with it. But wait, there's more. News broke yesterday that Carti is pregnant with her third child. The father allegedly NFL player Stefan Diggs, not her estranged husband offset So while she was on trial for assault, she was also pregnant with another man's baby while still married. The judgment in this woman's life is just spectacular. Her lawyer, Alan Jackson gave a statement, this verdict vindicates mis Almanzar and shows that not every workplace dispute is a lawsuit. Sometimes people just don't get along.

3:39 Don't get along your clients spit on someone. That's not a personality conflict, that's biological warfare. Ellis's attorney, David Chen was clearly devastated. We're disappointed, but respect the jury's decision. This sends a dangerous message that celebrities can abuse their employees without consequence. That's right. This verdict tells every celebrity that their staff are punching bags, that fame is a get out of jail free card, that if you have enough followers, the rules don't apply. You know what this reminds me of O. J. Simpson. Another Los Angeles jury, another celebrity who obviously committed the crime, another acquittal because the jury liked the defendant more than the facts. Cardi B admitted she spit on Ellis. The other security guard saw it, the assistant saw it. There was physical evidence, and none of it mattered because Cardi B is famous and Amani Ellis is not. This is why people don't report workplace assault. This is why celebrities keep abusing staff, because even when you have evidence, witnesses, and a confession, you still lose. If you're going up against someone with a Grammy nomination. Emmannie Ellis did everything right. She reported it, she gathered evidence, she testified truthfully, and she lost because twelve people in law Los Angeles decided that being spit on is just part of the job. If you work for Cardi B. The message is clear. If you're famous, you can assault your employees. You can spit on them,

5:12 hit them, humiliate them. As long as you cry on the stand and have expensive lawyers, you'll walk. Meanwhile, emani Ellis has to go back to work knowing that the justice system said her dignity doesn't matter, that being spit on is acceptable, that she's worth less than her attacker's manicure budget. This isn't justice, This is celebrity worship disguised as jurisprudence. Now, let's talk about Donna Addelson's catastrophic decision to testify in her own defense. Yesterday, the seventy five year old grandmother took the stand in her murder trial, and folks, it was like watching someone dig their own grave with their mouth. She started with the tears, old lady tears, dabbing her eyes with a tissue while talking about how much she loved her grandchildren, how she just wanted to see them more, how Dan Markel was so difficult about visitation. But then prosecutor Sarah Dugan started asking real questions, and Donna's story fell apart faster than gas station sushi question, why did you withdraw one hundred thousand dollars in cash before Dan's murder, Donna home improvements and gifts for the grandchildren. Question what home improvements? Donna, various things I don't remember specifically. Question what gifts did you buy the grandchildren? Donna? Toys and clothes. Question one hundred

6:45 thousand dollars worth of toys Donna, Nice toys, nice toys. She withdrew one hundred thousand dollars for nice toys that she can't name from stores she can't remember, with receipts that don't exist. Then came the wire taps. Dugan played the call where Donna says the TV is fixed the day after Dan's murder. Question what TV were you referring to? Donna? I don't remember. We had several TVs? Question which one was broken? Donna, I think the one in the guest room. Question who fixed it? Donna? A repair man? Question what company?

7:27 Donna I don't recall. Question how much did it cost? Donna? I don't remember. She doesn't remember anything about this TV repair that was so important she called her son to report it the day after his ex brother in law was murdered. But here's where Donna really screwed herself. Dugan asked about the calendar entry d Day. Donna claimed it stood for dinner day. She was planning a dinner party. Question who was invited to this dinner Donna family? Question which family member? Donna I don't remember. Question what did you serve? Donna I don't recall? Question did anyone attend? Donna, I'm not sure. She marked her calendar for a dinner party she can't remember, with guests she can't name, serving food she can't recall. Then the prosecutor went for the jugular.

8:22 You tried to flee to Vietnam after Charlie's conviction, didn't you? Donna, I was going on vacation. Question a one way ticket is a vacation? Donna I hadn't decided when to return. Question you bought a one way ticket to a non extradition country the week after your son was convicted of murder and you want us to believe it was a vacation? Donna? Yes. Question did you pack sunscreen? Donna? What? Question? For your vacation? Did you pack sunscreen? Each, clothes, a camera? Donna I don't remember. She doesn't remember what she packed for her vacation that required a one way ticket to Vietnam. The worst moment came when Dugan played Donna's call with Charlie from prison. Charlie's voice, you said you had it handled, Donna's voice. I did what any mother would do. Question what did you mean by that? Donna? I meant I tried to help with the custody situation. Question by hiring hitmen, Donna no, by talking to lawyers. Question which lawyers? Donna?

9:40 I don't remember their names? Question how much did you pay them? Donna, I don't recall. She can't remember a single detail about anything except how much she loved her grandchildren. Defense attorney Robert Morris tried damage control on redirect, but what could he do His client had just testified that she could didn't remember anything about anything except that she definitely didn't orchestrate murder. The jury was taking notes furiously. Several were shaking their heads. One actually rolled her eyes when Donna said she couldn't remember the name of the TV repair company. My prediction guilty. The grandmother tears couldn't overcome the evidence. The I don't remember defense only works if you have dementia, and Donna seemed to remember everything that helped her and forget everything that hurt her. She'll be convicted by Monday. Grandma's going to prison for the rest of her life because she wanted her grandchildren closer and thought murder was the way to make it happen.

10:39 We'll be right back with the kiss and Kill trial, where taking notes before murdering someone really ruins your self defense claim. Jury selection began today in Kenosha, Wisconsin, for what prosecutors are calling the kiss and Kill murder. Samantha Krebs twenty nine, is charged with first degree intentional homicide in the stabbing death of her boyfriend Marcus Chen thirty one. But here's what makes this case special. She wrote a detailed plan for the murder on paper that the police found.

11:24 The notes in Kreb's handwriting include kiss him first, so he lets his guard down, knife and kitchen drawer. Second from left, stab upward under ribs for heart, Call nine one one after ten minutes so he can't be saved. Tell them he attacked me first. This isn't a confession, it's a murder tutorial written by the murderer before the murder. July fifteenth, twenty twenty four, neighbors heard screaming from Krebs and Chen's apartment, then silence. Ten minutes later, exactly as her notes specified, Krebs called nine one one. My boyfriend attacked me. I had to defend myself. He's bleeding. Please help. When police arrived, they found Chen dead from multiple stab wounds.

12:08 Krebs had superficial scratches on her arms that the medical examiner said were consistent with self infliction. But here's the kicker. The knife wounds on Chen were all from behind. Hard to claim self defense when you stab someone in the back. Krebs's story was that Chen had been abusive, that he came at her during an argument, that she grabbed the knife in self defense. But those notes tell a different story. She planned this, wrote it down step by step, including the lie she would tell police. The prosecutor, Jennifer Walsh told the jury pool this wasn't self defense. This was premeditated murder, with a how to guide written by the defendant.

12:48 Defense attorney Michael Torres is trying a different approach. The notes were fantasy, writing that Crebs never intended to act on that the actual murder was coincidentally similar to her fictional planning, fantasy, writing that exactly matched the murder she committed. Sure. The jury selection has been interesting. Several potential jurors admitted they couldn't be impartial after hearing about the notes. One woman said, if she wrote down the murder plan, she's guilty period. Another potential juror, an English teacher, said he could be impartial about the writing. Sometimes people write dark things without meaning them right. But when your dark, creative writing matches your actual murder, that's not fiction, that's a confession.

13:35 The trial is expected to last two weeks. The prosecution will present the notes, the autopsy showing back wounds, and evidence that Krebs had been planning to leave Chen and wanted his life insurance. Oh yeah, she was the beneficiary of his five hundred thousand dollars life insurance policy. Forgot to mention that murder with a financial motive and a written plan. The defense will argue battered woman syndrome, that the notes were a coping mechanism, that she was planning escape, not murder. But how do you explain call nine one one after ten minutes so he can't be saved. That's not escape planning, that's ensuring death. Samantha Krebs thought she was smart, write the plan, execute the plan, claim self defense, but she forgot the first rule of crime, don't write down your crimes. Now she's facing life in prison because she literally gave prosecutors a handbook for her own conviction.

14:36 That's celebrity trials for Thursday, September fourth. Cardi B got away with spitting on her security guard, Donna Addelson buried herself with I don't Remember testimony, and Samantha Krebs is about to learn that murder plans shouldn't be written in your own handwriting. Tomorrow, we'll check in on the Kentucky cheerleader who gave birth in a closet, a case so horrible I couldn't fit it in today's show, Plus a dates on all ongoing trials. I'm read Carter. Remember, if you're going to assault someone, be famous first. If you're going to orchestrate murder, don't market on your calendar. And if you're planning to kill someone and claim self defense, maybe don't write a step by step guide. See you tomorrow