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Surviving the Survivor: #BestGuests in True Crime

How will Donna Adelson's Defense Change After Charlie Claimed It Was Double Extortion

Surviving the Survivor: #BestGuests in True Crime

Big Pond Podcasts

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2025

⏱️ 87 minutes

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0:00.0

Welcome to the global phenomenon, surviving the survivor, where we bring you the best guests in all of true crime.

0:07.6

Here's your host, Emmy Award winning journalist Joel Waldman.

0:12.0

Well, her defense told Judge Stephen Everett that Donna Adelson is going to testify to her particular fear of the Latin Kings.

0:20.7

That is a direct quote from the last hearing.

0:23.0

It is not just spin.

0:24.5

It could shape everything leading into this trial with jury selection set to begin this coming Tuesday, August 19th.

0:33.0

Don Adelson's approach is steering in a noticeably different direction to a degree than Charlie's.

0:39.4

And that is what we are going to talk about tonight.

0:42.6

Don Adelson, she's gearing up to testify, not about extortion like her son Charlie, but about a deep-seated fear.

0:49.4

Her attorneys have confirmed, as I said, she's going to testify to her, quote, unquote, particular fear of

0:55.2

the Latin Kings without further ado. Best guests back with us, the great Tim Jansen, the letter R-O-U-R,

1:03.4

Timothy Jansen, former federal prosecutor and a criminal defense attorney and in Tallahassee for

1:10.3

close to 40 years.

1:11.6

Next up, the professor.

1:13.5

It's all you need to know.

1:14.5

Two words, really kind of one word, professor.

1:17.4

Professor Joe Petuto, Professor Emerita, University of Nebraska School of Law,

1:22.7

but she has taught everywhere, including overseas.

1:25.8

And last but not least,

1:32.4

the soft-spoken man with a big brain from Santa Fe, New Mexico,

1:34.8

John Day took me like seven shows.

1:35.9

He hasn't been on seven shows.

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