Best Moments: FL v. Charlie Adelson, Dentist Mastermind Murder Trial

#CourtTV is gearing up for the Matriarch Mastermind Murder Trial of alleged murderer Donna Adelson. Her trial begins September 17th. Here are the best moments from the trial of her son, Charlie Adelson, who was convicted in the murder-for-hire plot of Dan Markel.
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[@Tassie85]

I never saw anyone blink arrogantly until I saw Charlie Adelson.

[@moongoddess8568]

Right? I don’t think he even realizes what a tell that is.

[@Tassie85]

@@moongoddess8568 Oh, absolutely not. He is so convinced of his superiority and blamelessness. I can't wait to see him back on the stand. I hear that prison hasn't been kind to Dr A.

[@moongoddess8568]

@@Tassie85 🙋🏻‍♀️

[@josephbaker707]

😂

[@13Liberty50]

just wait until momsey is on the stand

[@conservativelens]

What Charlie forgot is that people who extort money usually threaten to harm someone you love, not someone you hate. They would have threatened to harm him, his sister, or his parents. They wouldn't have driven to Tallahassee (7 hours away) to kill someone the family hated.

[@ileneclarke9954]

One of the dumbest part of his testimony.

[@laurarush]

haha right great point

[@Charlesbjtown]

I bout had a stroke when he said "when i get out". Im mystified That he genuinely thought he'd beat this 😂.

[@13Liberty50]

Hey Donna Adelson the next time you launder money do not forget the dry cycle.

[@tinamcleod3928]

lol 😂

[@gamingbutter5768]

Lol, literally😂❤

[@moongoddess8568]

I cannot imagine someone plotting to shoot my son in the head. I just can’t. So much respect for his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Markel. They are people of class and grace. May God be with them both.

[@conservativelens]

Mr. Markel is deceased.

[@moongoddess8568]

@@conservativelens no, he’s not. Stop.

[@suzanbeverlyhills2310]

You have the same mentality as Donna B careful

[@moongoddess8568]

@@suzanbeverlyhills2310 what are you talking about?

[@katieh193]

Georgia Cappelman has a great style. She brings just the right amount of snark.

[@jrwhite21]

The prison food has not been kind to granny Adelson I see.

[@bcatblues725]

😁 she’s got the jail “ pudge” going on. She sure does look different and miserable.

[@ducciwucci]

of all the horrible qualities that this woman possesses, you have to attack her appearance? lazy. do better.

[@PinkPantherB]

@jrwhite21 LOL. Her tan, svelte, little figure has grown chubby on prison carbs.

[@lindafarnes486]

​@@rethinkcps2116 She's put a lot of weight on since her arrest.

[@TheTruth-kh2im]

​​@@lindafarnes486 She looks really bad. Maybe she's eating all the chips..lol.

[@MCV1105V]

He doesn’t present as a professional, middle-aged dentist; a fact to which he’s oblivious. Arrested development at perhaps high school, maybe junior high. The way he characterizes his mother when asked if she gets worked up, he responds, “she’s a concerned mom.” That just sounds to me like something a much younger person would say. The Adelsons are the very definition of enmeshed. And that’s one of the kindest things that can be said about them.

[@jefjenbran11764]

Dentist mastermind he is not 😂

[@vida3814]

😂 Wendi was the mastermind and has to be the next tried in this same courtroom

[@smurf902]

​@@vida3814None of them are masterminds, they're dumbasses. They think TV repair as a codeword is so not obvious

[@RosieSnarkBot]

What a terrible defense… double extortion on a payment plan. Charlie’s best hope would have been to say that he did send Sigfreudo after Dan but that he only wanted him to “rough him up” might not have been a first-degree murder conviction…

[@tammymcclarty8272]

Sorry Charlie you are not credible

[@tommeredith7462]

This was about the time most crime content creators called Charlie Adelson’s defense strategy Laughable. Charlie gets high marks for being best rehearsed defendant and witness.

[@dresdf6207]

At 1:17 Phil Markel and Ruth sadly listening to Charlie and his defence lawyer’s BS.

[@conservativelens]

Phil Markel is deceased

[@gamingbutter5768]

​@@conservativelensoh no just more tragedies over and over.

[@lcaley9278]

He died? When? 😢

[@SandraLily2]

The true (and only) "mastermind" in this sordid tale is Wendi. She played her whole family, got exactly what she wanted, and is walking around free. The only thing she didn't factor in was Karma. She's going to be quite shocked.

[@chicagocubsnorton9988]

No winners here. Such a sad story. Prayers for Mr. And Mrs. Markel to have to sit through another trial.

[@Aussietari]

All Donna &. Charlie ever cared about is Power, Money &. Control, fuelled by their Greed.😏

[@maureenmetcalfe8558]

Unbelievably evil family with the exception of Robert their eldest who wisely distanced himself from them.

[@Suffragium.]

Like a child going to Nana’s cookie jar WENDI could not help herself - exposing herself and the Adelson CLAN - Justice for DAN, his sons and family

[@apegrape4312]

Charlie had the lifestyle most people dream of and blew it on what?!!! And his sweet little sister, Wendy is sitting pretty out of jail😅

[@13Liberty50]

"HERE WE GO AGAIN!" - Donna Adelson 2024 At the time of her arrest.

[@bcatblues725]

Right? Like it’s just such an inconvenience and waste of her time.

[@13Liberty50]

@@bcatblues725 yeah i think that is just how she meant it.

[@lowrider96]

Wendi...it's all about Wendi

[@TheTruth-kh2im]

Wendy must be the queen bee of the family...lol

[@alidadebruyn36]

If you recall how Luis entered the courtroom in the trial of Katie and Sigfredo, then Katie then Charlie’s trial and how Katie entered the courtroom in Charlie’s trial, it gives you a picture how Charlie will enter the courtroom in his mothers trial 🤪 justice is sweet

[@junesmith6689]

The only truth is the jet -ski Incident

[@marielpaez6392]

I hope Daniel Rusbaum has learned now how to talk and pronounce the word “threatening” in order to represent Donna 😂 .

[@martinwalsh8526]

Just arrest Wendi asap and put us all out of our misery !! Justice for Dan

[@coleendelaquerra2202]

Rashy, you are the worst attorney I have ever come across. You are despicable!!!!

[@RanitaBarbosina]

he got flowers for Katie😂 what a romantic

[@789thao]

@@RanitaBarbosina lol I was like no he didn’t! It’s just like Donna baking banana bread. Trying to make themselves wholesome 😀

[@RanitaBarbosina]

so wholesome!😂

[@gingersmith2888]

He “remembers it so well…” he “thinks” he got her flowers before he picked her up. Flowers from one of those guys in the middle of the road! 😂 Not only romantic but charitable to help out a street vendor!

[@789thao]

@@gingersmith2888 just like when he asked Katie to give the LK the money charity and help. 😆

[@Tassie85]

@@RanitaBarbosina But not good flowers - he bought them off the side of the road. Dirty carnations and half dead baby's breath

[@jeromesherard4056]

If she believes son Charlie then why did she refuse to go to the police. Any parent who hears their child is in trouble would not start writing checks.

[@horvathsogranfume658]

donna... then wendi...

[@Khodorchan]

Family gathering in different prisons 😆

[@marcusxsara8896]

These kinds of people (demons) don’t love anyone ⚖️⚖️⚖️⚖️

[@devenbergeron155]

Your time is almost up Donna girl

[@smurf902]

So is Wendy's

[@gbang444]

Of course he’s going to stick to the same story, the only thing he said after he was sentenced was that he’s totally innocent so he’ll be lying some more

[@BasicBachelor]

" Thats T, Thats T thats T, no thats me talking Shiii..."

[@apegrape4312]

Donna didn't come to Ole Charlie's trial. 😂😂 lmao, she think that would help her get by w all this?!!

[@Globelle]

Georgia and Sarah are AMAZING! Thank you Jack Campbell and PLEASE arrest the head of the serpent....Wendi Adelson

[@ILoveWoolerbear]

They will most definitely use the same bs extortion story which the jury won't believe. I love how Georgia seems to be exhausted with Charlie's BS.

[@Charitin]

There must be something in the tapwater of Florida that makes them go mad. It's raining horrendous crimes cases in Florida.

[@22221mm]

I will she will receive the same conviction and sentence as her son

[@Khodorchan]

Ms. Julie Grant‘s voice is one of the most calm and pleasant when presenting all these mad cases. ❤

[@22221mm]

Cross should have focused on him not calling the police when he was supposedly being extorted.

[@dsmyyyth511]

Dont ask questions you don't know the answer to.

[@djohny-ne3gg]

way to give "sharp Points" to help the criminals along

[@chrisforbes]

“Mastermind” is likely overstating things, or we wouldn’t even be here watching. 😊

[@kezzykez2471]

If Donna gets convicted, Wendi walks and gets away with murder

[@ThemayAngelidis]

No quite the opposite she then gets arrested…..stay tuned as Georgia says

[@lauramclaren3]

If Donna is convicted, Wendi is more likely to be indicted. If Donna is not convicted, but she will be, then it would be more difficult to charge Wendi.

[@mdcs1992]

When do the highlights start!?

[@alif7903]

With all that time in jail, you’d think he’d come up with something better than this absolutely ridiculous BS story he concocted. Apparently, with all his education, no one explained to him how extortion works.

[@janetmosier9182]

The biggest joke is IMO Charlie thinking anyone is believing in the Latin Kings accepting a payment plan as they extort him

[@warflair1312]

Not 1st. That’s all I’ve got to say

[@Barb417]

Charlie "gunned" it

[@vikkijames6000]

Please allow Donna fair trial ..

[@H37P5kY57]

Ugh I can't believe she could be a free woman over the fact of saying she believed Charlie's statement. I wonder if this will be like Casey Anthony, which she has been spotted living in Murfreesboro TN. We don't want her so FL please take her back.

[@Gringa_L]

Donna and Charlie took bad decision-making to such a level, it's hard to believe. Charlie is smart enough to become a dentist! Wendi smart enough to become a lawyer! and yet they all made the dumbest mistakes anyone can make.

[@staciesmom9639]

Charlie's smug attitude is laughable. Georgia put on a master class.

[@song9119]

This prosecutor is an expert in instilling negativity into the courtroom

[@sassy1-4rver]

I’m sorry, I meant when are they going to arrest Windi????

[@MrEverth007]

Why you as a lawyer would lie and lie

[@SheldonRobert-x8o]

The Adelson Family thought their money and manipulation skills would allow them to orchestrate any wish they so desired. They weren't prepared for the consequences of acquiring those desires, especially when the Family's Skills weren't.... Very good.. 😶‍🌫️

[@sassy1-4rver]

When are they going to arrest Amy?????

[@pauldalnoky6055]

Is Charlie's lawyer a little person?

[@moongoddess8568]

Haha, no. Haven’t you watched?

[@horvathsogranfume658]

he is 5'4" so average for an American male

[@pauldalnoky6055]

@horvathsogranfume658 if that's average, at 5'10" I'm a giant

[@Susieq0408]

@@pauldalnoky6055right?? 😂🤣

[@vida3814]

8:00 She sounds like giving free consultation to Rash 🙄

[@ThemayAngelidis]

I know right? I wish these lawyers would just shut up and stop giving Rashbaum ideas!!😡

[@alicewaggle6803]

It was all about custody! Who had what to gain ? Wendy and Adelson family! They offered a million! Dan was on his way to get win custody and every adelson was well aware of that fact !

[@iveliserojas612]

He has nothing to do and him and Wendi didn’t read never read the papers please

[@debraearl8146]

Why isn’t the grandfather charged? It is not credible that he didn’t know what was going on. With justice the four of them will pay and Dan’s parents will get custody.

[@SS11660]

Stay tuned

[@nanakins5932]

Donna does look more like my idea of a grandmother though.

[@conservativelens]

This mom should be ashamed of herself. Meddling got her son a life sentence, and it may just get her one.

[@TheTruth-kh2im]

Charlie is a bad boy and he was always that way. I'm sure his mother knew it very well.

[@conservativelens]

@TheTruth-kh2im She raised him.

[@Becki545]

he must be very sweet, buying the flowers and all

[@kevinquist]

13:52. Prosecution attorney? wth is she doing. Ive had 3rd graders who were better at questioning situations than this lady is. she is being smacked in the face with every question.

[@SS11660]

How much are you getting paid?

[@chrispapa2782]

Does Donna has a sister or other siblings?

[@fabf7133]

Didn't he have lawyers?? The last questions were all subjective, guessing... ??

[@Blueswanreborns]

them buttons annoy me, how much time isspentt putting thoseinn the loops

[@Globelle]

You got something wrong Donna is not loving at all

[@SS11660]

She loves herself and her family. Nobody else.

[@Globelle]

@@SS11660 she doesn't love her family imo. It's something else. I am not a psychiatrist but I would NEVER do or plan schemes for murder with my kids

[@user-pu5zr2ue7z]

What’s most puzzling is why an accomplished, successful, attractive, wealthy middle aged guy chooses trash to hang around with. Talk about aiming low. You could do better Charlie. Doesn’t matter now though.

[@ThemayAngelidis]

I agree with everything you just said except for the attractive part 😂

[@Globelle]

Arrest Wendi Adelson!!!

[@kevinquist]

Charlie Adelson is making this prosecutor look ridiculous

[@MackintoshJulie]

Thompson Michelle Lee Barbara Rodriguez Daniel

[@mikestevens7018]

Free Charlie and Donna Adelson❤❤

[@facts-ps1fu]

Lol, yeah right troll

[@Khodorchan]

Free your mind bro 😂

[@TheTruth-kh2im]

The instigators are funny...lol

[@SS11660]

Paid troll. Sorry not going to work on anybody

[@SpokaneBirdMan]

I sure hope she goes to prison forever and Wendi too. They should arrest her because they have a little evidence and even if she beat the charge she would be in jail for a year and ruin her social standing and any future jobs. We all know that she is guilty. She ruined lives and deserves hers ruined. Her kids will be collateral damage sure, but how many other people are collateral damage because of Wendi??!!

[@Spencerlayne]

You should change the title to "key moments" not best moments. I know loads of people are obsessed with murder these days. But theres nothing best about about it. Have some respect for victims.

[@TheTruth-kh2im]

We all know what he planned. He went out with the criminal girlfriend to get to the criminal to do the crime, that he thought would never happen. But it did. Next time, ✋️ STOP bragging and showing off your money to your women, Mr. Big shot. Who do you think you are Mr. Big shot? You're never gonna get too far.