Comments by "Glamdolly" (@glamdolly30) on "Vinnie Politan Investigates: Donna Adelson, Murder of Dan Markel Case" video.
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The Adelson's thought they were so special, and so much better than everyone else, they could literally kill a family member who became problematic to them, and they would get away with it. To believe you're so superior that even the law doesn't apply to you, is some rare level of narcissism and entitlement!
I sense Donna the family matriarch is the all-powerful spider at the centre of the family web. She was able to persuade her son Charlie, who enjoyed a great life as a wealthy dentist in the family firm, to arrange a murder that would get him locked up in prison for the rest of his days. That's some strong, and strongly dysfunctional, motherly influence!
Donna is estranged from her eldest son Rob Adelson, because she wouldn't respect his right as an adult to choose his own wife. Again that reflects a crazily controlling woman. The behaviour of her husband Harvey as she was arrested at the airport, indignant with police, tenderly holding her face and kissing her, then carefully removing her jewellery for safekeeping, again confirms her high status in that family. I believe Donna is a big league narcissistic abuser, who married a weak enabler in Harvey.
Harvey gave Donna the high status marriage and family life she demanded. I don't believe he has ever said no to her - even when, together with their son, she plotted the murder of a family member. The state has named Harvey Adelson as a conspirator in Dan's murder, he may be next to face a jury trial. To quote Donna's email to her daughter, Dan hasn't beaten the Adelson family yet - but he's sure getting there!
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Wendi's wide-eyed innocent act on the witness stand has grown old - she's as guilty as sin. Yes, her ex husband, the father of her children, would be alive today if she wanted him that way. She 100% knew about the murder plot, and she fully endorsed it. Had she at any time told her family: "No, not this way - I can't have my kids grow up fatherless", it would not have progressed to completion.
The case against Wendi is primarily circumstantial, because as the only daughter and family princess, her mother and brother protected her, and kept her at arm's length from the grubby, murder for hire arrangements. But I believe it is a powerful circumstantial case that, with a well-prepared prosecution team, could convince a jury of Wendi's guilt far beyond a reasonable doubt. And let's face it, they will have to bring their A-game to nail Wendi, because not only is she an attorney, she will hire the best defence team her murdered husband's money can buy!
I'm intrigued that cracks are appearing in the relationship between Wendi and her family, since brother Charlie's murder conviction and life sentence, and mom Donna's arrest and prosecution. Are her brother and mother enraged that she's keeping her distance from them in her own self-interest, while they take the fall for the murder they arranged for her benefit? Is it now possible they could decide to take her down with them?
Interesting too that prosecutors are meeting with an old girlfriend of Wendi's (I guess we can safely assume they are no longer pals!) This confirms that even as they prepare for Donna Adelson's imminent murder trial, prosecutors are working hard behind the scenes to secure daughter Wendi's scalp too. And what of family patriarch Harvey Adelson, like Wendi named by the state as a murder conspirator? Could he too face a jury trial? This show is going to run and run!
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Prosecutors are working hard behind the scenes to build a strong case against Wendi Adelson. They know she's an attorney, and will hire the best defence team her late husband Dan Markel's money can buy. They must bring their A-game, and have certainly had enough time to prepare. I pray they have uncovered a killer 'Gotcha' piece of evidence against her.
There are hints of cracks developing within the Adelson family. In recent years Wendi has been keeping her brother and parents at arms length, terrified of following them to prison. I wonder how Charlie feels, knowing he will die behind bars because he was manipulated to arrange a murder by his mother and sister?
Mom Donna is facing the same horrendous penalty, and again I imagine is pretty resentful of Wendi, her only daughter, who no longer visits her parents. She and husband Harvey are now pretty much estranged from her and their two grandsons. Donna now faces leaving prison in a body bag, all because, in her eyes, she was a devoted mother who stuck her neck out to solve her daughter's 'problem'. And this is the thanks she gets - Wendi has turned her back on them, out of ruthless self-preservation.
I wonder if the anger Charlie and Donna feel towards Wendi, the family princess/golden child who pushed for and endorsed her ex husband's murder, could prompt them to turn on her, and take them down with them, either now or in the future?
Alienating them is a risky strategy by Wendi - they have the power to put her away for life, though obviously they would have to incriminate themselves to do it. But it would not be the first time the Adelson family had a huge bust up. As was mentioned in this report, eldest son Rob is estranged from them after Donna refused to respect his right to choose a non Jewish bride.
Rob recently had closed door meetings with prosecutors and may give evidence against his mother at her imminent murder trial. His evidence, giving an insider perspective on the twisted family that allegedly arranged their son-in-law's murder, would be fascinating. And what of Harvey, the Adelson family patriarch, like Wendi, named by prosecutors as a conspirator in Dan Markel's murder? Will he face justice next? There are many more gripping chapters to come in this story. But the one the public most keenly awaits, is the prosecution of Wendi.
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@sirtedricwalker2979 Great post, agreed, Wendi's eagerly awaited murder trial will be dynamite. You nailed it - she isn't half as smart as she thinks she is, no question she was jealous of her miles more accomplished and well respected ex-husband. He ran rings around her in their legal battles, and she just couldn't bear losing. Nor could her poisonous family.
Her intellectual inadequacies will be fully exposed when prosecutors finally go to town on her. Charlie and Donna's trials are just the warm up act - Wendi's murder trial is the main event and please God it will be televised, it's gonna be must-see TV!
After ten years, her wide-eyed, innocent 'who, me?' act is getting old - and so is she, far too old for the simpering, damsel in distress act. Wendi isn't half as hot as she thinks she is either! When she stands trial for conspiracy to murder, her brother and mother will both be behind bars, already convicted. The jury will struggle to find Wendy and her wide-eyes remotely credible, IMO
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Lately we are hearing hints that all is not well within the Adelson family - cracks have appeared in the relationship between Wendi and her parents and brother, as she distances herself from them, terrified of following Charlie and Donna to prison.
Imagine how angry Charlie must feel at his little sister, the spoiled family princess he will now die behind bars for, all because he was good enough to 'eliminate her problem', at their mother's urging?
Ditto Donna, furious that her only daughter, who she stuck her neck out for, plotting her hated ex husband's murder, now barely visits or talks to her. I bet Donna and husband Harvey hardly see their grandsons either, because Wendi is so terrified of visiting them or being seen to be close with them - and then being judged guilty by association.
Is it possible Charlie and Donna could be so angry at taking the fall for Wendi, they decide to take her down with them - either now or at a later date? After all, the eldest son Rob Adelson is fully estranged from the family and may give evidence for the state at his mother's imminent murder trial. So this family has a history of explosive fall outs - and of turning on each other! The plot thickens...
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Excellent special report by Court TV. One by one, the Adelsons are falling like dominoes - first Charlie, who will die behind bars, next his mother Donna, the controlling spider at the centre of this family web, whose murder trial starts next week (she's done). And the really intriguing question now - has Wendi been clever enough to avoid prison for her role in her ex husband Dan Markel's murder?
I agree with the final panel, Wendi Adelson's played a much smarter game than both her mother and her brother. But let's not forget, Wendi was the golden child in that family. The main reason she's escaped prosecution to date, is that her parents and older brother actively protected her, and kept her at arm's length from their grubby murder plot.
However with Charlie's murder conviction and now Donna's prosecution, it seems cracks are appearing in their relationship with Wendi, the family princess. No doubt terrified of prison, Wendi is keeping her formerly close family at arm's length. Having done so much for her, Charlie and Donna are likely enraged. They may now be turning on Wendi. Could there be a third-act twist in this tale - will the Adelson family try to take Wendi down with them?
The murder of Dan Markel was all about Wendi, first and foremost - and a family so massively egotistical they believed they could literally kill him, and get away with it. Wendi is involved in this crime up to her neck - she knew about it, and she endorsed it. Dan would be alive today, if his ex wife had wanted him that way. Wendi didn't want Dan alive, because he was beating her in the child custody courts and thwarting her having full control over their two kids - and by extension, full control over her life, and her family's lives.
Interesting that we heard in this report prosecutors recently had a closed door meeting with Wendi's eldest brother Rob Adelson, long estranged from the Adelson family. Could he be called as a state witness at his mother Donna's imminent murder trial? His evidence would be dynamite, and keenly anticipated by the media. What is his insider take on the twisted family dynamics that got his former brother-in-law Dan Markel killed?
We can be sure prosecutors are working hard behind the scenes to nail Wendi Adelson. An old girlfriend of Wendi's is talking to them, and spilling the beans about her in closed meetings. It's safe to assume she and Wendi are no longer friends! Like Wendi, Harvey Adelson, the family patriarch, has also been named as a conspirator in the murder for hire of Dan Markel. Could he be next to face a jury trial? This show will run and run.
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I believe the evidence against Wendi is inevitably more obscure, because her mom and brother Charlie worked hard to keep her at arms length from the dirty business of arranging the murder-for-hire of her ex husband. In protecting Wendy from consequences, Charlie and now Donna, screwed themselves, and will die behind bars.
However there's every indication prosecutors are working hard behind the scenes to build a strong case against Wendi for murder. They know they must bring their A-game, as Wendi is an attorney, and will hire the best defence team her late husband's money can buy.
They've certainly had plenty of time to prepare, a whole decade to be precise, and I hope once her mom Donna is convicted, they will turn their attention to Wendi and score the hat-trick - the three Adelson family members who together arranged Dan's assassination, convicted and jailed for life.
Donna's husband Harvey, like Wendi, has been named by prosecutors as a conspirator, and it may well be that they prosecute him next, and save Wendi for last. The public will be disappointed if that happens - there is huge outrage that Wendi Adelson, the main beneficiary and driving force behind the murder, is still walking free ten years on and got her wish, to raise Dan's sons without him. Many people are on the edge of their seats, awaiting her arrest and conviction for his murder. Prosecutors know this, and there is immense pressure on them to act - but they must get it right. Wendi is an arch manipulator and she will fight all the way to stay out of prison!
I think it's safe to say with her mom's imminent murder trial following on from her brother's life sentence, Wendi must feel like the walls are closing in on her, and the day of her arrest is getting ever closer. In recent years she has turned her back on Charlie and her parents, out of ruthless self-preservation, and has little to do with them. As a result, her parents have missed out on seeing their grandsons, as well as their only daughter. They are angry about it.
It's ironic that they killed Dan so their family could all live together and raise his boys, and yet the murder has caused the opposite to happen - they are pretty much estranged, and will ultimately be permanently parted, in separate prisons!
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