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The new investigation failed to uncover any evidence to corroborate these claims.

That single line appears over a dozen times in a major new filing from Donna Adelson's

defense team, and now the fight is on to keep that entire investigation that they began

back in December out of the courtroom.

What's up, St.S Nation? Welcome to Survive and the Survivor. It is a show that

brings you the very best guests in all of true crime. And tonight, we're going to deep dive into the latest

legal maneuvers just 15 days before the high-stakes murder trial of Don Adelson. Can you believe it? Just 15 days away before jury selection.

Donna's defense team is going all in. They are filing urgent motions to block what they call a quote-unquote flawed and unreliable new investigation.

A last-minute probe sparked by jailhouse informants and explosive, unverified claims.

Here to break it all down.

You've got the mighty professor Joe Petuto, professor of Merida, University of Nebraska School of Law.

She's been doing this since the Son of San days.

I just watched that doc on Netflix.

And Son of Sam was striking in New York City.

It was a great documentary.

You got to check it out.

But since around that time, Joe Petuto was adding her professorial skills to the University

of Nebraska Law School. Tim Jansen, the famed Tallahassee criminal defense attorney, he's back from

vacay, back from hobnobbing with the rich and famous in Cape Cod and the Caribbean where Tim was hanging out back to

Rio Islands.

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