1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,560 Speaker 1: I'm Drew Nelson. Donna Addelson's trial continues in Florida for 2 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:06,320 Speaker 1: planning the twenty fourteen murder of her former son in 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:09,400 Speaker 1: law Daniel Markle, a case that has already led to 4 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:13,800 Speaker 1: four convictions, including her son Charlie. Donna's trial continued Tuesday 5 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:18,080 Speaker 1: with key testimony from Catherine Magbanua, the woman already convicted 6 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: as the go between in the murder for higher plot. 7 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 1: Magbanua told jurors quote, Charlie would consult his mother and 8 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 1: then come back and speak to you. Magbanua described Charlie 9 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 1: as frantic and holding a gun after the shooting. She 10 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:33,360 Speaker 1: said she passed the money from Charlie to the hitmen, 11 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 1: who were paid in cash. She also confirmed Donna signed 12 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:40,159 Speaker 1: all her paychecks from the Addlson Institute after the murder. 13 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 1: Assistant State Attorney Georgia Kappelman walked the jury through text 14 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 1: messages between Charlie and Magbanua, and emails from Donna to 15 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:51,640 Speaker 1: Wendy Minnie came from the shared email account Donna Harvey 16 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 1: at gmail dot com. Sergeant Chris Corbett of TPD testified 17 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 1: he believed Markl was under surveillance the day he was killed. 18 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 1: Selchower and call frequency reports helped link the family to 19 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:08,040 Speaker 1: the hitmen, Sigfredo Garcia and Luis Rivera. Forensic accountant, Mary 20 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 1: Hull testified that Magbanua deposited over twenty six thousand dollars 21 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 1: in cash the year of the murder. She also noted 22 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:18,200 Speaker 1: that Garcia's banking information changed after the shooting, and both 23 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: hitmen bought new cars. Donna signed Magmanua's paychecks, even though 24 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 1: she never worked at the Addlson's dental clinic. Donna's daughter, 25 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:31,119 Speaker 1: Wendy Adelson, testified under subpoena. She admitted calling Markle quote 26 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 1: an emotional terrorist. She said Donna quote unquote, micromanaged her life. 27 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:39,120 Speaker 1: Wendy also confirmed Charlie joked about hiring a hit man, 28 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 1: saying it was cheaper than a divorce. She denied knowing 29 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:44,960 Speaker 1: about the murder plot, but said, quote, my mom thought 30 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 1: my life in Tallahassee wasn't good. On the day of 31 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 1: the killing, she drove near the crime scene but didn't 32 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 1: stop or call Markle. Robert Addelson, Donna's estranged oldest son, 33 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 1: says his mother quote ran the show and became angry 34 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 1: and gleeful during Wendy's divorce. He said, quote, she had 35 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 1: a complete lack of curiosity about who killed Markle. When 36 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:08,520 Speaker 1: he brought up the arrests of the hitmen, Donna said, quote, 37 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 1: I've got to go and hung up. That was their 38 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 1: last conversation. Wendy's ex boyfriend, Jeffrey la Cass, said Wendy 39 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 1: once told him quote, the only way she'd ever be 40 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 1: able to relocate is if something happened to Danny. He 41 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:23,639 Speaker 1: also testified, quote, last summer, my brother looked into all 42 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 1: options to take care of the Danny Markle problem, including 43 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:30,600 Speaker 1: hiring a hitman. He called the comment quote chilling. Former 44 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 1: girlfriend of Charlie, Julie Umchindas said Donna looked upset after 45 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 1: the murder and once told her it felt like Markle 46 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 1: was quote haunting her from the grave. Um Chindas said 47 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:44,239 Speaker 1: Charlie became erratic during the investigation and believed his phone 48 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 1: was being tapped. She also said she saw Charlie keep 49 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 1: money in stapled bundles, the same way the hitmen were paid. 50 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 1: Former Addlson employee CLARESA. Spultri said Donna had access to 51 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 1: patient records and that mag Banua was a patient before 52 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 1: the murder, She said Donna never spoke badly of Markel 53 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:06,840 Speaker 1: to her. Tuesday ended with testimony from officers who outlined 54 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 1: surveillance and photo records linking the family to the plot. 55 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:14,360 Speaker 1: Court resumes this morning at nine am. More crime and 56 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 1: justice news after this Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Geufrey has 57 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 1: a posthumous memoir coming out this fall that promises to 58 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 1: share disturbing new details of her abuse. Geuffrey, who was 59 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:29,800 Speaker 1: once known as one of Epstein's most outspoken victims, was 60 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 1: reported to have died by suicide in April at the 61 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 1: age of forty one. Family friends and her publishers said 62 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 1: she had already finished the four hundred page manuscript, titled 63 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:43,720 Speaker 1: Nobody's Girl, A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice. 64 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 1: The book will be released on October twenty first. She 65 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 1: worked on it with journalist Amy Wallace and left instructions 66 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 1: that it was her quote heartfelt wish for the memoir 67 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 1: to be published quote, regardless of her circumstances. In an 68 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 1: email weeks before her death, she wrote, quoted as imperative, 69 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 1: that the truth is understood and that the issues surrounding 70 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 1: this topic are addressed. Both for the sake of justice 71 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 1: and awareness. The memoir describes her years as a teenager 72 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 1: being trafficked by Epstein and Gellaine Maxwell, and it includes 73 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 1: clear accusations against Great Britain's Prince Andrew. She sued Andrew 74 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one and reached an out of court 75 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:24,239 Speaker 1: settlement in twenty twenty two. Publisher Knopf says the book 76 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 1: contains quote intimate, disturbing, and heartbreaking new details about her 77 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:33,039 Speaker 1: time with Epstein, Maxwell and their powerful friends. Publisher Jordan 78 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 1: Pavlin called it, quote the story of a fierce spirit 79 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 1: struggling to break free. Giuffrey first came to public attention 80 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 1: in two thousand and one when a photo showed her 81 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 1: as a teenager with Prince Andrew. She later described being 82 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:49,040 Speaker 1: recruited at mar A Lago by Maxwell, who hired her 83 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:52,719 Speaker 1: as a messuse for Epstein. President Trump has recently said 84 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:56,560 Speaker 1: that Epstein had quote unquote stolen Geufrey from mar A Lago. 85 00:04:57,120 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 1: Maxwell has denied her claims. Giuffrey once said she made 86 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 1: mistakes recalling some events, and in twenty twenty two she 87 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:08,120 Speaker 1: dropped allegations against attorney Alan Dershowitz Geffray's book deal was 88 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 1: reported in twenty twenty three as being worth millions. The 89 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:14,720 Speaker 1: publisher says the memoir was fact checked and legally vetted. 90 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 1: Epstein died in a New York jail in twenty nineteen 91 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 1: in what officials called a suicide. Maxwell was convicted in 92 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one of sex trafficking and is serving a 93 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 1: twenty year prison term, currently in minimum security. A New 94 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:32,360 Speaker 1: York model is left permanently disfigured after a horrifying stabbing 95 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:35,000 Speaker 1: on a tram in Germany while trying to protect two 96 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 1: women from attackers. John Rudat, a paramedic and part time 97 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 1: model from Coloni, New York, was in dressed on Sunday 98 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:46,040 Speaker 1: when two men began harassing women on the tram. Police 99 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 1: say Rudat stepped in and one of the men slashed 100 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 1: him across the face with a six inch knife. The 101 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 1: wound left him hospitalized with what they describe as deep 102 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 1: facial injuries the doctor say will scar him for life. 103 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 1: The New York Post reports police arrested a twenty one 104 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 1: year old Syrian migrant, released him within hours for lack 105 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:07,960 Speaker 1: of evidence, then re arrested him today after new findings 106 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 1: after new evidence tied him to the stabbing. Dresden police 107 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:14,480 Speaker 1: said in a statement quote now that further investigation results 108 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:16,919 Speaker 1: are available, the twenty one year old Syrian, who was 109 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:20,400 Speaker 1: briefly in police custody on August twenty fourth, twenty twenty five, 110 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:23,480 Speaker 1: is also under strong suspicion of having been involved in 111 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 1: the knife attack on the American and of having injured 112 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 1: the victim with a dangerous object. Rudat posted on social 113 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 1: from his hospital bed with his face wrapped in heavy bandages. Quote, 114 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:38,200 Speaker 1: If y'all didn't think Europe had an immigration problem, especially Germany, 115 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 1: let me drop some knowledge on you. He added that 116 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:44,240 Speaker 1: one of his attackers was a known drug dealer end 117 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 1: quote very popularly known here, especially by the police, and 118 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 1: was righteously upset that he was released within twelve hours 119 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 1: before being re arrested. His brother, Logan told the newspaper 120 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:58,039 Speaker 1: he was not surprised by his siblings' actions quote, I 121 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:00,600 Speaker 1: would have been surprised if he hadn't stepped in. It's 122 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:03,360 Speaker 1: part of his character. That's just the way we were raised. 123 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:07,640 Speaker 1: The US Embassy in Berlin condemned the attack quote while 124 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 1: courageously intervening to protect a fellow passenger. He was viciously attacked. 125 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 1: We urged German authorities to swiftly bring the perpetrators to 126 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 1: justice and punish them to the fullest extent permitted by law. 127 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 1: Pictures showed blood and debris covering the floor of the 128 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 1: tram after the attack. They showed the tissues used by 129 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 1: passengers trying to help Roodat as he was bleeding. His 130 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 1: modeling manager Taylor Kelsaw writes, quote, he tried to help 131 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 1: two young women and one of the assailants slashed his face. 132 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 1: This is a most heinous act of crime. John had 133 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 1: just begun his career with us. We are devastated, but 134 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:47,240 Speaker 1: thankful he wasn't killed. For the latest crime and justice news, 135 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 1: follow crime alerts hourly update on your favorite podcast app 136 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 1: with this crime alert. I'm Drew Nelson.