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Pretty Lies And Alibis

Let's Read Wendi Adelson's Motion To Quash Defense Subponea

Pretty Lies And Alibis

GiGi McKelvey

True Crime, News, Daily News, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Reading Wendi Adelson's motion to quash the defense subpoena for her to testify for the defense




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0:00.0

What you know, alibiers, welcome to another episode of Pretty Lies and Alibis. I'm Gigi. It's Friday, August 15th. Hope you guys have had a good day so far. Just want to give you a layout of how next week is going to go with Donna Adelson. Jury selection begins on Tuesday, August 19th. That is expected to take two or three days, and opening statements are tentatively

0:24.5

scheduled for Friday, August 22nd. The state expects six or seven days for their case,

0:30.8

and the defense expects four to six days. It's a good reminder to subscribe to the YouTube

0:36.3

channel if you haven't already, and if you want notifications of when I go live or post new content, click that little bell icon.

0:44.3

We're going to go through Wendy Adelson's motion to quash that subpoena by the defense to testify at Donna's trial.

0:51.3

But first, I've had a lot of people ask me about Wendy's immunity. She has

0:55.9

derivative use immunity, so what does that mean? It means prosecutors cannot use actual words from

1:03.5

testimony against you, and they also can't use any evidence they discovered as a result of your

1:09.7

testimony. That is the derivative part.

1:12.6

Now, if the state can prove evidence against you obtained independently, but not through

1:17.8

testimony, you could still be prosecuted. Now, Wendy filed pretty much the same motion during

1:24.7

Katie McBanawas trial. And again, she's filed one for Donnas. This was filed

1:29.7

August 13th, so just two days ago. The introduction. Non-party, Wendy J. Adelson is the daughter

1:37.1

of defendant Donna Adelson and is expected to be one of the first witnesses called by the state in Donna's

1:43.3

trial. Both the state and the defendant issued trial by the state in Donna's trial. Both the state and the

1:45.7

defendant issued trial subpoenas to Wendy Adelson. By law, the state subpoena confers immunity

1:52.4

on Wendy, but the defendant's subpoena does not. Accordingly, Wendy respectfully moves for

1:59.0

permission to place a statement on the record regarding

2:01.7

the state of Florida's trial subpoena. And to quash, the trial subpoena issued by Donna Adelson.

2:08.3

In support of this motion, Wendy Adelson states as follows. Donna Adelson is charged by indictment

2:14.5

with first-degree murder, alleging she participated in a conspiracy to murder

2:19.6

Dan Markell, Wendy Adelson's ex-husband, on July 18, 2014. Other alleged members of the

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