Will the Jury Believe the Security Guard or the International Pop Star? | Closing Arguments Podcast
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🗓️ 29 August 2025
⏱️ 44 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. |
| 0:16.4 | The murder of Florida State University law professor Dan Markell shocked Tallahassee and sent ripples through the legal community. |
| 0:24.6 | On a July morning in 2014, Markelle was gunned down in his driveway, a calculated execution tied to a bitter custody battle with his ex-wife, Wendy Adelson. |
| 0:35.6 | For years, investigators unraveled a tangled web of family disputes, hit men, and secret payments |
| 0:40.8 | until suspicion fell on Wendy's mother, Donna Adelson. |
| 0:45.3 | Prosecutors alleged she was the mastermind orchestrating the murder to solve her daughter's |
| 0:50.4 | problems and keep her grandchildren close. |
| 0:53.5 | Testimony in Donna's trial has implicated not only Donna, but also her daughter Wendy |
| 0:59.7 | and her husband Harvey. |
| 1:01.5 | And tonight, we are live from Tallahassee with all the big moments from this jaw-dropping |
| 1:08.0 | trial. |
| 1:09.2 | But first, A-list celebrity and recording artist Cardi B facing an intense civil trial in Los Angeles. |
| 1:17.5 | And now for the second day in a row, she's been testifying on the stand. |
| 1:23.3 | She's been sued by security guard, Imani Ellis, who alleges that Cardi violently, unlawfully, intentionally, suddenly, and maliciously assaulted her during a private appointment at a Beverly Hills OBGYN's office in 2018. |
| 1:39.6 | She claims that Cardi B hit her in the head, the face and the body, spit on her, engaged in racial slurs and emotional devastation. |
| 1:49.2 | Cardi's legal team vigorously denies the allegations insisting that the security guard initiated a profanity-laced confrontation and that no physical contact occurred. |
| 2:00.5 | So who will the jury believe the young security guard or the international pop star known as Cardi B? |
| 2:09.6 | I'm Vinipolitan. Great to have you with us here on closing arguments. |
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