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The Emily Show

Donna paying Katie, for what? Did Wendi try to Frame Her Ex Jeff? | Case Brief

The Emily Show

Baker Media, LLC.

True Crime, Entertainment News, News

4.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Watch the full coverage of the live stream on The Emily D. Baker YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/live/R-azhk5Mhdg Day 3 of the Donna Adelson Murder Trial happened on August 26, 2025. It brought a torrent of shocking testimony and critical connections! Jeff Lacasse, Wendi's ex-boyfriend, reveals suspicious questions from Wendi about his travel plans that eerily coincided with the hitmen's movements. Was Wendi trying to frame him? How did a flat tire save him from being a suspect? Jeff also explains the timing of Wendi's broken TV and the impact mark suggested human intervention and raises new questions about the Adelson family's involvement. Charlie's ex-girlfriend and convicted co-conspirator, Katherine "Katie" Magbanua, takes the stand! Learn when Charlie first approached her about "harming someone" and her bizarre discovery about the "wet money" received for the hit. Uncover the details about Katie's suspicious "payroll" checks from the Adelson Institute signed by Donna and the forensic accountant's testimony about Wendi's hidden half-million dollar bank account, contradicting her previous statements. This trial is moving fast with densely packed testimony, revealing layer after layer of a complex and disturbing conspiracy. Don't miss this breakdown of the most significant moments from Day 3 of the Donna Adelson trial! RESOURCES Day 2 of the Trial - https://youtu.be/ZvzkwAMex3I Donna Adelson Road So Far - https://youtu.be/rlN7cBdTikw Donna Adelson Trial Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsbUyvZas7gL0_OPy2AliqyEjGcI8QzBu Donna Adelson Trial Daily Case Briefs - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFdNnRZUqH62ToyQCgLbRavztmRy0ohXN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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the full coverage, it's linked in the description below.

0:38.3

But for now, let's get into it. We're here for day three. I'm a little tired. It's okay. You're probably tired, too. We're not as tired as Wendy Adelson. Can you imagine how tired she must be after the roller coaster that she was on yesterday? I don't think she expected that. at the end of testimony, it was a full like,

0:36.1

because you were holding the gun, weren't you chutney?

0:38.6

You had... that she was on yesterday. I don't think she expected that. At the end of testimony, it was a full like, because you were holding the gun, weren't you Chutney? You, however, had time to hide the gun, didn't you Chutney? After you shot your father? I didn't mean to shoot him. I thought it was you walking through the door. I don't think Wendy Adelson expected that defense attorney to come after her the way that she did because the beginning of cross-examination was so friendly and a lot of points that the defense wanted to highlight were made. Like your mom didn't talk to this person and your mom didn't talk to that person. But then at the end, I am still reeling from the reveal that Wendy said, no, my mom's not controlling. And then she's telling her friends, I feel like I'm living essentially somebody else's life. And I don't even know if I ever wanted to get married. And I really maybe don't want to move from Tallahassee, but I'm afraid to tell my family. And that's my summary because she said, I need to save face with my family. But it is some testimony very sad to hear, some testimony of Wendy

1:44.7

Adelson was very frustrating. And then that sadness was really kind of the overriding

1:49.3

feeling of Rob Adelson's testimony. His testimony was just so sad. His sadness was so heavy.

1:57.8

He's like, these things were just such big red flags to him because he had enough

2:01.7

time, I think, and distance away from his family that they struck him as huge red flags. And

2:08.6

you could see how heavy that was for him. So after that, where do we even go today? I don't know.

2:15.5

You observed that her TV was broken? Yes. Tell me about that.

2:20.8

When did that occur? That would have been around the week of June 11th to 18th,

2:26.9

somewhere in that time period. I went over Wendy's to spend time with her and the kids,

2:33.4

and she asked me to take a look

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