80,000 Emails, Wiretaps & Jailhouse Informants - Donna Adelson Trial Delayed AGAIN!
Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary
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🗓️ 7 May 2025
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
The upcoming murder trial of Donna Adelson has taken a stunning turn—and we’re breaking it down from the inside. Just weeks before jury selection was set to begin, the trial was abruptly delayed after prosecutors dumped a massive trove of newly uncovered evidence: over 80,000 emails, months of wiretap recordings, and what may include explosive jailhouse informant testimony. This isn’t just a case of courtroom scheduling chaos—this is a criminal case unraveling in real time.
In this episode, we dissect the dramatic chain of events that led Judge Stephen Everett to cancel the June 3rd trial date. We’ll explore how a mysterious tip in late 2024 led the state to quietly reopen the investigation into Donna Adelson, months after her arrest and nearly a decade after the murder of Florida State law professor Dan Markel. What did they find? Why was the defense blindsided? And what do 16 sealed court filings in a single month suggest about what’s coming next?
From the recusal attempt against the judge, to the pending change of venue motion, to the possibility that Donna Adelson’s own words were caught on wiretap, this is the inside story of how one of the most high-profile murder-for-hire cases in America just got even darker.
Whether you're following the Markel murder saga from day one or you’re just now diving into the twisted legal fallout, this video unpacks every new twist in the Donna Adelson case—and what it could mean when this trial finally hits the courtroom.
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| 1:00.7 | This is the Hidden Killers podcast with Tony Bruske and continuing coverage of the case |
| 1:07.2 | against Donna Adelson. |
| 1:09.4 | There's something about the timing that doesn't feel right, |
| 1:12.9 | a trial nearly a decade in the making, set to begin in just a few weeks, |
| 1:17.1 | and suddenly it gets yanked off the calendar. |
| 1:20.6 | Not because of a hurricane or a judge stepping down or COVID or some dramatic change in plea, |
| 1:26.1 | but because out of nowhere, the state dumped an avalanche of |
| 1:30.6 | new evidence on the defense's desk, wiretaps, emails, jailhouse chatter, all of it showing up, |
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