Carnival Cruise Death: Suspect's Mom Filed Gag Order to Protect His Privacy | Opening Statements Podcast

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4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Anna Kepner's stepmom filed a gag order to protect the privacy of her 16-year-old son, who is a suspect in Kepner's death on a Carnival Horizon cruise ship. A Wisconsin teen was allegedly starved by morbidly obese family members.

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0:00.0	The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are simply that.
0:04.8	Opinions.
0:05.8	All are presumed innocent until proven otherwise in a court of law.
0:09.8	Sensitive topics are discussed.
0:11.8	Discretion is advised.
0:16.4	This is the worst case I've ever handled.
0:18.5	Ice baths and isolation and sensory deprivation were appropriate means of punishment.
0:23.6	For some of it, yes, sir.
0:25.6	You look like that when you put them in the bathtub?
0:33.6	She was not able to be brought up today.
0:35.6	She's having some emotional and mental difficulties with this entire process.
0:41.1	We find her guilty or first degree felony murder.
0:45.6	Child killer Shonda Vander Ark playing the blame game. Now she's blaming her defense attorney and demanding a new trial.
0:53.9	We're counting down to her court
0:55.7	hearing this morning. Plus, Anna Kepner's stepmom wants court documents sealed from the public,
1:02.1	why she filed for a gag order amidst the 18-year-old's death investigation. And a shocking abuse
1:09.2	case out of Wisconsin, a teen weighing only 35 pounds, was allegedly locked away by her morbidly obese family for years.
1:18.9	Also this hour, we are on Wendy Watch. Could Donna Adelson's daughter be charged by Thanksgiving?
1:25.8	It's all coming up next for you right here on opening statements.
1:30.3	Good Tuesday morning to you and welcome to opening statements.
1:42.3	Are you ready for some coffee and some court?
1:46.0	It's that time where we get you all warmed up here on Court TV and ready for the big day ahead.
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