Donna Adelson Trial: Wendi Adelson Testifies on Charlie Adelson and TV Repair Story
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Tony Brueski
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🗓️ 25 August 2025
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
The Trial of Donna Adelson delivered one of its most talked-about moments today when Wendi Adelson took the stand and spoke about her brother, Charlie Adelson, and the unusual “TV repair” story tied to the day of Dan Markel’s murder.
Jurors listened as Wendi explained how Charlie allegedly joked that he had bought her a television as a divorce gift — a TV that, conveniently, was being delivered and set up on the very morning Markel was gunned down in his driveway. The story has long been scrutinized by investigators and the press as an odd coincidence, one that prosecutors argue was less about home electronics and more about creating a cover narrative in case suspicions arose.
Wendi also addressed questions about her brother’s role in her life at the time, painting a picture of a sibling who was protective but also deeply enmeshed in family dynamics. Prosecutors pressed the idea that Charlie’s presence in her personal affairs, coupled with Donna’s relentless resentment over custody battles, created fertile ground for conspiracy.
This testimony matters because it ties Donna Adelson’s alleged orchestration of the crime back to the wider family web. By recounting the TV repair story under oath, Wendi gave jurors a direct look at a narrative that prosecutors believe was carefully planted to distract from the crime itself. Whether jurors see it as coincidence or calculated alibi, the weight of her words could linger as they assess the Adelsons’ credibility.
It wasn’t just testimony — it was a window into the tangled mix of family loyalty, strange coincidences, and a prosecution theory that insists nothing about the Markel murder happened by accident.
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| 0:00.0 | This is continuing coverage in the trial of Donna Adelson from the Hidden Killers podcast and true crime today. Now, back to the courtroom. Thank you. Thank you. |
| 0:23.6 | Thank you. All right, here we're in the courtroom. |
| 0:59.0 | Okay. Mr. |
| 1:21.3 | Everyone can be seated. |
| 1:23.0 | This Kaplan, you may resume with your examination |
| 1:25.8 | of the witness. |
| 1:26.9 | Thank you, Judge. Ms. Adelson, I want to ask you a little bit about your brother, Charlie Adelson. |
| 1:33.3 | How is he older or younger than you? |
| 1:36.3 | I'm the youngest of the three children, so both my brothers are older than me. |
| 1:41.3 | How much older than you is Charlie? He's two and a half years older. |
| 1:47.4 | And in the time frame 2013 to 2014, how much time were you spending with Charlie Adelson? |
| 1:54.5 | I don't remember spending a lot of time with him. I was in Tallahassee most of the time and he was |
| 2:00.4 | in South Florida most of the time. |
| 2:02.2 | Did you speak with Charlie regularly during that time? We did. |
| 2:08.9 | What type of lifestyle did your brother have around the timeframe 2014 to 2016? |
| 2:18.3 | My brother was a single guy. He was dating lots of people. |
| 2:23.3 | He worked really hard, early in the morning, till late at night, sometimes six or seven days a week. |
| 2:30.3 | Worked hard, played hard? |
| 2:32.3 | Yeah, I think that was kind of his lifestyle did he like nice things |
| 2:37.9 | he did he like nice cars he liked nice cars he liked nice food okay did you during the phone |
| 2:46.9 | conversations you had with your brother during that time, did you talk much about your |
| 2:51.0 | marital problems? I mean, to be honest, I don't remember, but I'm sure we talked about it. |
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