Matriarch, Murder & the Moment of Truth: Week 2 in Donna Adelson's Trial | On The Record Podcast
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🗓️ 13 September 2025
⏱️ 20 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are simply that. |
| 0:04.8 | Opinions. |
| 0:05.8 | All are presumed innocent until proven otherwise in a court of law. |
| 0:09.8 | Sensitive topics are discussed. |
| 0:11.8 | Discretion is advised. |
| 0:17.8 | This is on the record, and of course, I'm Cody Thomas. Donna Adelson's verdict came down last week but the conclusion was too big not to dig into deeper. |
| 0:27.6 | Now for anyone who missed it or wants to see how the story ended, here's week two, the final act in the downfall of Donna Adelson. |
| 0:35.6 | Now the week kicked off with powerful testimony from investigators and undercover agents. |
| 0:41.3 | Jurors heard the bump audio when the FBI confronted Donna face-to-face and listened to her reaction as Charlie pressed her about who was involved. |
| 0:51.3 | What's the bump? |
| 0:53.3 | The bump is where we took an undercover agent. about who was involved. What's the bump? |
| 0:55.0 | The bump is where we took an undercover agent |
| 0:58.0 | and had him approached Mrs. Edelson with a plan. |
| 1:03.0 | It was during the time of the investigation, |
| 1:06.0 | we had evidence that linked Louis Rivera |
| 1:09.0 | and Secreto Garcia to be in the actual hitman. |
| 1:12.1 | And was the goal to identify, you know, if the pattern that we're seeing that we think is |
| 1:17.6 | the members of the conspiracy, is that right? Who's a member of the conspiracy and what are their |
| 1:21.7 | roles? Yeah, we had Louis Rivera, Sigrader Garcia would talk, and Sigridor Garcia talked |
| 1:26.5 | to Catherine McBan Vanwood through the phones. |
| 1:28.3 | Catherine McAvain would talk to Charlie Adelson through phones, Charlie Edelson talked to Donna Hidalson. |
| 1:33.3 | Excuse me, Mrs. Dattelson? Hey, go, just want to give you this. |
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