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Callaroga Shark Media. Good morning, I'm read Carter. Wednesday, September third,
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twenty twenty five. Today on Celebrity Trials, Cardi B's assault
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trial has concluded. And folks, this wasn't a trial. It
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was a one woman Broadway show eye rolls, size sarcastic comments,
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and facial expressions that said, how dare you accuse me
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of assault? While evidence proved she absolutely committed assault. Then
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we'll update you on day seven of Donna Addelson's murder trial,
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where Grandma's coded phone calls about fixing TVs were actually
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about fixing her son in law problem with bullets. Half
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comedy show, half murder conspiracy. Just another Wednesday in America's courtrooms.
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This is Celebrity Trials. Let's start with the Cardi B trial,
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which wrapped up yesterday with closing arguments. But before we
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get to those, we need to talk about the greatest
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hits from this week's testimony. And by greatest hits, I
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mean Carti turning a Los Angeles courtroom into her personal
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reality show. Monday, when prosecutor James Martinez asked Carti real
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name Belkalis al Manzar about spitting on security guard to
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Manie Ellis, Carti actually said, and I quote, my saliva
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is not a weapon. Your saliva is not a weapon.
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In twenty twenty during COVID, your bodily fluids landing on
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someone else's face isn't assault. But wait, it gets better.
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When asked about striking Ellis with her acrylic nails, Carti responded,
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these nails cost five hundred dollars. You think I'm going
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to mess them up fighting? That was her defense. Not
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I didn't hit her, not it didn't happen, but my
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manicure was too expensive to use as a weapon. The judge,
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Victori Orria Hamilton had to warn Carty three times about
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her facial expressions. Three times. Apparently every time Ellis's attorney spoke,
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Carti would roll her eyes so dramatically that jurors were
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getting distracted. At one point, Judge Hamilton said, miss al Mansar,
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this is a court of law, not a music video.
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Please control your facial expressions. Carti's response, she sighed loudly
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into the microphone. Tuesday brought us more gems. When shown
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security footage of the altercation, Carti said, that's not even me.
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You can't see my tattoos. The prosecutor pointed out, you
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couldn't see anyone's tattoos because the video was too grainy. Carti, exactly,
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So how you know it's me because you already admitted
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you were there, Carti, you admitted you spit on her.
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You can't claim it wasn't you when you've already confessed
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to being there. But the best moment came when Ellis's
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attorney asked Carty she thought she was above the law.
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Carti's response, I don't think I'm above the law. I
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think I'm beside it. Beside it. What does that even mean?
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You're parallel to the law. You and the law are
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walking side by side but not interacting. The courtroom actually laughed.
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The judge had to bang her gavel and threaten to
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clear the room. Here's my favorite exchange from cross examination. Attorney,
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miss al Mansar, you make millions of dollars, correct Cardi?
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I make money, yeah, Attorney, millions, Cardi. I don't count
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other people's money. Why you counting mine? Attorney? I'm establishing
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that you had the means to hire properly trained security. Cardi.
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She was properly trained. I trained her to duck when
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I swing. She trained her to duck when she swings.
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She literally admitted she regularly swings at her security. The
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judge immediately instructed the jury to note that statement tried
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to claim it was a joke. The judge was not amused.
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But here's what really showed Carti's character. When Emani Ellis
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was testifying about the emotional impact of the assault, Carti
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was caught on court cameras mouthing girl, please and dramatic.
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This is a woman who was spit on by her employer,
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who was attacked with acrylic weapons, who was humiliated in
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front of other staff, and Carti's response is to mock
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her for being upset about it. The medical testimony was
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particularly damning. While Ellis didn't have major injuries, the nurse
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who examined her testified about finding scratch marks consistent with
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acrylic nails and residue in her hair consistent with saliva.
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Carti's team tried to argue the residue could have been anything,
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hair product, sweat rain. The nurse's response it tested positive
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for amylase, an enzyme found in saliva. Carti's facial expression
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during this testimony. She examined her nails just sitting there
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looking at her current manicure while evidence of her assault
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was being presented. Yesterday's closing arguments were a study. In
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contrasts Ellis's attorney David Chen methodically laid out the case.
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Carti admitted to the altercation. Multiple witnesses saw the spitting,
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Physical evidence confirmed contact. Carti's own words showed a pattern
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of violence. This isn't about money, Chen argued, this is
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about accountability. Miss Almanzar believes her fame and fortune means
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she can treat employees however she wants. She can spit
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on them, strike them, humiliate them, because in her world,
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they're not people, they're props. In the Cardi B Show,
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he played audio of Cardi saying she trained her security
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to duck when she swings. He showed the security footage.
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He presented the medical evidence she spit on a human being.
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Chen said, in twenty twenty, during a global pandemic, she
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spit on someone who was just doing their job. That's
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not just assault, it's dehumanization. Then came defense attorney Alan
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Jackson with what might be the most ridiculous closing I've
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ever heard. Ladies and gentlemen, Cardi B is a passionate woman.
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She's from the Bronx. She's emotional, she's expressive. What some
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call assault, others call Tuesday in the Bronx. Tuesday in
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the Bronx. Assaulting employees is just Tuesday in the Bronx.
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Jackson continued, Miss Ellis knew who she was working for.
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She knew Cardi B's reputation. She accepted that job knowing
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Cardi was a fiery personality. So if you work for
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someone famous, you consent to being assaulted. That's the defense
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he tried to minimize the spitting. Was it pleasant? No?
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Was it professional? No? Was it criminal? Assault? Also? No,
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Sometimes saliva escapes when people are talking passionately. Saliva escapes
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like it has a mind of its own, like Carti's
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Spit just decided to go on an adventure and accidentally
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landed on Ellis's face. But here's where Jackson really lost it.
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Cardi B Has given millions to charity, She's employed hundreds
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of people. One momentary lapse shouldn't define her. A momentary
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lapse that included researching Ellis's background to humiliate her, spitting
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on her, striking her, and then mocking her in court.
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The most telling moment came when Jackson tried to humanize Carti.
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She's a mother, a wife, a role model to millions,
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a role model who spits on employees. The jury began
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deliberations yesterday afternoon. They asked to review the security footage
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and Carti's testimony about training security to duck my prediction
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guilty on all counts. The spitting alone seals it. You
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can maybe explain away a push or a slap as
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heat of the moment, but spitting is intentional. It's degrading.
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It's saying you're beneath me in the most literal way possible.
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And Carti's behavior during trial, the eye rolls, the size,
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the sarcastic comments. The jury saw all of it. They
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saw a woman who thinks the rules don't apply to her,
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who thinks court is just another venue for her to perform.
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The verdict should come today or tomorrow. Ellis is seeking
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unspecified damages. But this isn't really about money. It's about
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whether celebrities can treat employees like garbage and get away
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with it. Although watching Carti in court, you'd think she
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was the victim. Every eye roll said, how dare you?
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Every sigh said, this is beneath me every smirk said
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I'll beat this case and laugh about it on Instagram.
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She literally posted on Instagram last night while the jury
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was deliberating, a photo of her new nails with the
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caption these ones are for fighting with a laughing emoji.
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That's consciousness of guilt, folks, that's someone who thinks assault
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is funny. We'll be right back with day seven of
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Donna Addelson's murder trial, where Grandma's coded conversations about TV
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repairs were actually about repairing her family problem with murder. Now,
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let's check in on day seven of Donna Addelson's murder
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trial in Tallahassee, where the seventy five year old grandmother
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is learning that speaking in code doesn't make you a spy,
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it makes you an obvious criminal. This week, prosecutors have
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been methodically presenting evidence that Donna Addelson was the architect
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of Dan Markell's murder, not her son Charlie, who's already
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serving life, not the hitman who pulled the trigger. Grandma
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was the puppet master. Monday, they played a wiretap call
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from the day after Dan's murder. Donna calls Charlie and says,
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I kid you not the TV has been fixed. The
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TV has been fixed. Dan Markell is lying in a
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morgue with two bullets in his head, and Donna's talking
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about TV repair. Prosecutor Sarah Dugan explained the code TV
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meant the problem. The problem was Dan Markell not letting
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the family move to Miami with the kids. The TV
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being fixed meant Dan was dead. But wait, the codes
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get worse. In another call, Donna tells Charlie, I think
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we need a new dress for the party. There was
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no party. The dress was apparently code for an alibi.
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The party was the police investigation they knew was coming.
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Tuesday brought financial evidence. In the weeks before Dan's murder,
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Donna made several large cash withdrawals twenty thousand dollars here,
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fifteen thousand dollars there, all in cash, all without explanation.
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Her explanation at the time. Home improvements investigators found no
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evidence of any home improvements, no contractors, no receipts, no permits,
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just one hundred thousand dollars in cash, disappearing right before
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her ex son in law gets murdered. Then came the
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testimony of Luis Rivera, the Latin King gang member who
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already pled guilty and is serving nineteen years. He testified
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via video link from prison. Rivera said Catherine Magbanua, Charlie's
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girlfriend who's serving life, told him the murder was ordered
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by the mother, not Charlie. The mother. She said the
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old lady wanted it done before the kid's birthday. Rivera
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testified she was tired of waiting the kid's birthday. Donna's
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grandchildren she wanted their father dead before their birthday party.
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Defense attorney Robert Morris tried to discredit Rivera. You're a
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convicted killer, aren't you. Rivera, Yes, I killed Dan Marcelle Morris,
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and you'd say anything for a reduced sentence. Rivera. I
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got nineteen years. That ain't reduced. That's my life. Wednesday
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today brought the most damning evidence yet. The prosecution played
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a call between Donna and Charlie from prison after his conviction. Charlie,
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you said you had it handled, Donna. I did what
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any mother would do, Charlie. Any mother would hire killers, Donna,
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any mother would protect her family. The prosecution had to
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actually explain that protecting your family doesn't usually involve murder
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for hire. But here's the kicker, Donna's own calendar. Prosecutors
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showed that on the day Dan was murdered, Donna had
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written D day in her planner, D day, not Dan's Day,
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not delivery day, D day, like the Invasion of Normandy,
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except instead of liberating France, she was liberating her daughter
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from a custody agreement. The defense is trying everything, but
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nothing sticking. They claimed the cash withdrawals were for Charlie's
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gambling debts, but they can't produce any evidence Charlie gambled.
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They claimed the coded calls were about actual TVs and
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actual dresses, but they can't explain why Donna needed to
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speak in code about appliances and clothing. They claimed Luis
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Rivera is lying for a better deal, but he already
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got his deal nineteen years and has nothing left to gain.
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Today's star witness was Donna's hairdresser. Yes, her hairdresser, Maria Gonzalez,
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testified that the day before Dan's murder, Donna was in
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her chair saying, tomorrow everything changes. Tomorrow, our problems are over.
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The defense tried to claim she was talking about a
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real estate deal, a real estate deal that required one
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hundred thousand dollars in cash and speaking in code about TVs.
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The hairdresser also testified that after Dan's murder, Donna came
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in and said, it's terrible what happened, but at least
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Wendy can move home now. At least Wendy can move home.
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Your ex son in law is murdered, and your first
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thought is great, now my daughter can move to Miami.
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The prosecution also presented Donna's Google searches what happens if
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someone is arrested for murder? Can you visit family in
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federal prison? Extradition treaties with United States? How to transfer
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money to Vietnam? All searched before Charlie was arrested, before
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anyone in the family was supposedly suspected. Why are you
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researching prison visits if you don't know someone's going to prison.
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The most devastating evidence came from Donna's own emails. Three
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days after Dan's murder, she emailed a real estate agent
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a b properties in Miami for Wendy three days Dan's
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not even buried yet, in Grandma's house, shopping for the widow.
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The defense's response to all this, Donna Addelson is just
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a loving mother and grandmother who wanted her family close sure,
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most grandmothers want their families close, they don't usually hire
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Latin Kings to murder their son in law to make
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it happen. Tomorrow, Donna herself is expected to testify. This
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should be incredible. What's she going to say? That she
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thought TV repair was a legitimate home improvement, that she
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needed one hundred thousand dollars in cash for groceries, that
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she was researching Vietnam because she loves Foe. The prosecution
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has already proven she had motive, wanted the grandkids in Miami,
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She had means one hundred thousand dollars in cash withdrawals,
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She had opportunity connected to Charlie, who connected to Catherine,
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who connected to the killers. She tried to flee one
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way ticket to Vietnam after Charlie's conviction, and now has
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to take the stand and explain it all away. My prediction,
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she'll cry old lady tears, talk about how much she
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loves her grandchildren, how she just wanted to see them more,
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how she never imagined Charlie would do something like this.
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But the jury's already heard her on wiretaps saying the
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TV is fixed. The day after Dan's murder, They've seen
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her calendar marking D Day. They've heard her tell Charlie,
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I did what any mother would do. No, Donna, most
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mothers don't orchestrate murders. Most grandmothers don't speak in code
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about assassinations. Most seventy five year olds don't flee to
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Vietnam when their murder conspiracy unravels. The kids she did
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all this for, they're teenagers. Now they know Grandma killed daddy.
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They know Uncle Charlie's in prison forever. They know their
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family tree is poisoned with blood. Great job, Grandma, you