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What Was Murder Defendant Bionca Ellis Thinking? | Opening Statements Podcast

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4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

A defense expert testified to Bionca Ellis' extensive history of mental health problems, but is that enough to prove insanity? Plus, Donna Adelson faces sentencing for the murder-for-hire of Dan Markel.

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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.

0:14.3

January 29th, 2022.

0:18.2

Karen drives drunk.

0:19.9

She reverses her SUV. She knocks JJ down. She leaves him to die in the cold.

0:26.4

Rather than seeking to help or calling 911, she returns to JJ's home. Karen knows that the O'K family is also vulnerable, grieving another tragedy in their family.

0:40.3

Karen Reid's civil suit rolls on with a new lawyer joining the O'Keefe team who is this high-profile wrongful death specialist.

0:48.3

And a history of hospitalizations. The defense begins its case in the Bianca Ellis trial. We're going

0:55.2

inside the mind of an alleged murderer. Plus, we're looking ahead to Donna Adelson, sentencing.

0:59.6

What can we expect on Monday of the now convicted matriarch mastermind? Also, this hour, Daisy Link's

1:06.7

murder trial and what is not being brought into the courtroom that has everybody talking.

1:12.1

It's all next right here on opening statements.

1:23.1

And good Friday morning to you.

1:24.9

I'm Ted Rowland's filling in for Julie Grant on this Friday morning. So happy to have you along with us. Busy hour ahead. We're going to talk a bit about BB Fell. This is this new attorney that has been brought into the Karen Reed saga hired by the O'Keefe family. This thing doesn't seem to be going away. Both sides building up.

1:45.5

Alan Jackson is still involved for Karen Reed. Now you have BB fellow California attorney who has won

1:50.9

some huge judgments. She'll be joining the O'Keeves. We're also going to talk about Daisy Link,

1:56.4

that case. And the thing that is not coming out at trial is very interesting.

2:02.6

The jury won't hear about it but we'll talk about it because there are no rules here.

2:07.6

It's opening statements.

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