Overview

• A 12-person jury with two alternates was sworn in after three days of questioning, with Leon Circuit Judge Stephen Everett presiding.
• Prosecutors opened by pointing to emails and communications to argue Donna Adelson worked with her son Charlie to arrange a $100,000 hit.
• The state’s narrative relies on prior outcomes involving the intermediaries: Luis Rivera’s testimony under a deal, Katherine Magbanua’s admitted link role, and convictions of Sigfredo Garcia and Charlie Adelson.
• Defense attorneys have moved to limit jailhouse-informant evidence, with juror questioning addressing concerns about so-called snitches.
• Wendi Adelson is expected to testify under immunity, and the trial is projected to run into early September after Donna Adelson’s 2023 arrest at Miami International Airport with one-way tickets to Vietnam.