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Wendi Adelson's Ex-Boyfriend Says She Told Him Of Hitmen Idea

Jeff Lacasse, an associate professor at the Florida State University College of Social Work was Wendi Adelson’s boyfriend when her ex-husband Dan Markel was murdered in 2014, and he testified against her mother in the murder-for-hire trial of her mother, Donna Adelson, today (Tuesday, August 26, day 3). His testimony seemed to incriminate Wendi more than Donna. This is the entire testimony, with Assistant State Attorney Sarah Kathryn Dugan questioning him in direct-exam and Adelson's lawyer Josh Zelman cross-examining him beginning at 52:35 Lacasse said he was telling her she’s going to have to make her peace with Markel when she said, “Can I tell you something in confidence?” He said Wendi told him, “Well, last summer, my brother looked into all options possible to take care of the Denny Markel problem, including hiring a hitman. And it would cost about $15,000.” Charlie’s and Donna’s defense is that Charlie was only joking when he said something about a TV being cheaper than a hitman, but Lacasse said he knew she wasn’t kidding. 35:44 “This I found chilling. I found disturbing. It made my stomach flip. It kind of took me aback. It was, she was dead serious when she said this, and she had asked to tell me in confidence, which you don’t do before you tell a joke.” 11:50 Recalls Charlie Adelson bragging about his ties to the criminal underworld 17:05 Snafu over prosecution not giving the defense all the exhibits they wanted to use with Lacasse results in curative instruction to jury to disregard some testimony 31:45 'She seemed to be stringing me along." Case background: Donna Adelson, 75, is accused of orchestrating the murder-for-hire of her former son-in-law because she wanted her daughter and grandchildren to move to Miami. Adelson is accused of conspiring with her son Charlie Adelson more than a decade ago to hire hitmen to kill Dan Markel, who was a Florida State University law professor and the father of her two young grandsons. Her defense is that she had no knowledge of what hitmen Luis Rivera and Sigfredo Garcia were going to do, and that prosecutors are only focusing on her hatred for Markel to show she had a motive to want him murdered, when there's no evidence she was actually involved. Rivera, a former gang leader, is serving a 19-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to second-degree murder and testifying against Garcia, who fired the fatal shots, as well as the woman who linked Garcia to the victim: Katherine "Katie" Magbanua, who was Garcia's on-again, off-again girlfriend and also was in a relationship with Adelson's son Charlie Adelson. Garcia was convicted in 2019 and Magbanua in 2022. Rivera also testified in Charlie Adelson's trial in 2023, and Adelson was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. After their son's trial, Donna Adelson and her husband, Harvey, bought one-way tickets to Vietnam. Police arrested her on the jetway at Miami International Airport on charges of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and solicitation of first-degree murder. Her trial is expected to go through Sept. 5 in Leon County Circuit Court in Tallahassee, Florida. Donna Adelson's lawyers are Josh Zelman and Jackie Fulford of Tallahassee. Assistant State Attorneys Georgia Cappleman and Sarah Kathryn Dugan are prosecuting. The judge is Stephen Everett, who is the chief judge of Florida's 2nd Judicial Circuit. ****************************************************************************** Become a member of Meghann's YouTube channel to show your support:    / @meghanncuniff   Subscribe to Legal Affairs and Trials with Meghann Cuniff: https://www.legalaffairsandtrials.com... Support Meghann on Patreon:   / meghanncuniff   BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/meghanncunif... Tik Tok:   / meghannmcuniff   Instagram:   / meghanncuniff   Facebook:   / meghanncuniff   Threads: https://www.threads.net/@meghanncuniff Venmo: MeghannCuniff