Donna Adelson Trial: Defense Closing Argument Meltdown | Hidden Killers Live

Donna Adelson Trial: Defense Closing Argument Meltdown | Hidden
Killers Live

After more than two hours of the prosecution hammering Donna
Adelson, her defense team finally took the floor — and what
followed was one of the most bizarre, scattered closings we’ve
seen in a high-profile murder trial.

In this segment of Hidden Killers Live with Tony Brueski, Stacy
Cole, and Todd Michaels, we watch as defense attorney Jackie
Fulford attempts to convince jurors Donna Adelson had no role in
the 2014 murder of Dan Markel. Instead, what came out was:



A grievance-laden monologue that felt more like Donna
speaking through her attorney than a legal defense.


Odd poster board exhibits and an overhead “artist rendering”
that looked more like grade-school projects than courtroom
evidence.


A “Top Ten List” of names Donna allegedly called Dan Markel —
presented as if insulting him somehow proved she wasn’t
guilty.


Repeated attempts to shift blame to Charlie, Wendy, and even
Rob Adelson, while insisting Donna was just a meddling mom.



The defense’s claim that relocation wasn’t a motive because
“it was over a year earlier” — directly clashing with the state’s
evidence of continued pressure and Donna’s obsession with
control.


Moments where Fulford seemed to echo Donna’s narcissism and
rage, airing family grievances instead of laying out a coherent
defense strategy.




Our panel reacts in real time, ripping apart the weak strategy,
the spectacle in the courtroom, and the sense that Donna’s team
did more to bury her than to save her.

Do you think the defense helped or hurt Donna Adelson in their
closing? Let us know in the comments.

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