Madeline Soto’s suspected killer seeks evidence block; Lawyer allegedly kills client to delay trial

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🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Gisela K. joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discus Madeline Soto’s suspected killer, Stephan Sterns, seeking to block cellphone evidence which allegedly depicts the victim’s abuse, a judge’s denial to test additional evidence in the Crystal Rogers case ahead of trial, and attorney Gregory Moore accused of killing his own client just to delay a trial. Tweet your questions for future episodes to Joshua Ritter using the hashtag #TCNSidebar. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You know her voice. Now you can watch the stories only she can tell on Discovery Plus.
0:05.7	Join veteran journalist Anna Garcia for True Crime News, your daily source for real-time case updates, shocking scams, and urgent alerts.
0:14.3	Eye-opening, unpredictable, and true.
0:17.4	Stream something real. Start your free trial today on Discovery Plus. Plans start from
0:22.3	599 a month.
0:36.5	Hello and welcome to the sidebar presented by True Crime News, taking you inside the
0:39.1	courtrooms of high profile and notorious cases from across the country. I'm your host, Joshua
0:44.1	Ritter. I'm a criminal defense lawyer based in Los Angeles and previously an L.A. County
0:48.6	prosecutor for a decade. You can find me on all social at Joshua Ritter ESQ or at Joshua Ritter.com.
0:56.4	We are recording this on Wednesday, May 7, 2025.
1:00.3	In this week's episode, a 10-year-old cold case ends with the arrest of an attorney accused of killing his own client in an attempt to delay her scheduled trial.
1:12.4	Plus, a judge's controversial decision to deny testing evidence ahead of a trial in the
1:17.8	disappearance of a woman missing for more than a decade.
1:21.1	But first, a man charged with the abuse and murder of a 13-year-old girl attempts to block cell phone evidence, which may depict the
1:30.4	victim's years-long suffering. Today, we are very excited to be joined by Gisela K, an author,
1:37.0	and True Crime YouTube creator you can find everywhere, but especially at Grizzly True Crime.
1:43.6	Gisla, welcome back. Thank you so much for having me
1:47.4	back on the show. I love being here with you. No, I love talking with you too. I am a big fan of your
1:54.0	YouTube channel. You have created an incredible community over there, and it's absolutely apparent why,
2:00.5	because you really do the work
2:02.9	and do the research and so i'm always happy to talk with you about these cases because i know that
2:08.9	you have um likely covered them yourself which i think is true with the cases we're going to be
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