7.Christopher Corbitt — Direct/Cross/Redirect
693 linesJUDGE EVERETT: Please bring in the jurors.
(jury enters.)
JUDGE EVERETT: You may call your next witness.
MS. DUGAN: State calls Sergeant Chris Corbitt.
JUDGE EVERETT: Sergeant Corbitt, you remain under oath, sir. I just remind you to testify truthfully.
You may examine.
KATE BUTLER: Yes, sir.
MS. DUGAN: Thank you, Judge.
whereupon, CHRIS CORBITT - RECALLED was recalled as a witness, having previously been duly sworn, was examined and testified as follows:
DIRECT EXAMINATION BY MS. DUGAN:
MS. DUGAN: Does your second presentation in this trial today contain text messages from Donna Adelson?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: It does, yes.
MS. DUGAN: And were these text messages ones that were from her phone that was seized in Miami airport in November of 2023?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Yes. They are from a forensic examination of that phone that was taken from her person.
MS. DUGAN: And does this presentation also contain messages from Charlie Adelson's icloud?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: It does, yes.
MS. DUGAN: And were the amount of messages in both that iCloud and from that cell phone voluminous?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: They were, yes.
MS. DUGAN: Your summary that I've labeled 73B --
MS. DUGAN: And for the record, I'll make his first -- the summary from his first part of his presentation 73A, and this one will be 73B.
BY MS. DUGAN:
MS. DUGAN: Do these include some of the texts relevant to the specific things I'm going to ask you about today from those voluminous records?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: It does, yes.
MS. DUGAN: At this time, I would move State's 73B into evidence, subject to the Court's ruling.
JUDGE EVERETT: Any objection?
MR. ZELMAN: Subject to the Court's ruling, Your Honor.
JUDGE EVERETT: 73 will -- 73B, you said?
MS. DUGAN: Yes, sir.
JUDGE EVERETT: 73B will be admitted.
(State's Exhibit No. 73B received in evidence.)
MS. DUGAN: And I'd also make 73, 73A, please.
JUDGE EVERETT: Any objection as to 73 -- or were those already admitted?
MS. DUGAN: 73 has already been admitted, so I'd just be amending the name of the exhibit.
JUDGE EVERETT: Go ahead. You may continue.
BY MS. DUGAN:
MS. DUGAN: All right. Just as you did in your first testimony, did you create a PowerPoint of your summary that will go into evidence with the jury as a demonstrative here in court?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: I did, yes.
MS. DUGAN: And does this demonstrative contain other evidence that maybe the jury has already seen in this case, such as State's Exhibit 62?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: I believe it does, yes.
MS. DUGAN: All right. Permission to use the demonstrative, Judge?
JUDGE EVERETT: You may.
BY MS. DUGAN:
MS. DUGAN: All right. Looking at State's Exhibit 62, this first slide, does this appear to be a question-and-answer session here? There's a part that says Q followed by a question, and a part that says A followed by the answer to the question.
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: That's correct.
MS. DUGAN: And when a witness is on the stand in a trial, like you are today, do we have to -- does your testimony have to be in a question-and-answer format?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: It is, yes.
MS. DUGAN: All right. If we could go to the first page of State's Exhibit 62.
Looking at this first bit of information here, what did -- what does this writing say that K said?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: It says here in the highlighted section that, K said she told Charlie on the night of the murder --
MR. ZELMAN: Judge, I'm going to object. This is -- the testimony's cumulative to the other evidence that's already admitted.
JUDGE EVERETT: Overruled. The witness may provide context concerning the admitted evidence.
BY MS. DUGAN:
MS. DUGAN: what does it say that K said?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: She said she told Charlie on the night of the murder that some friends of hers went to Tallahassee and killed him.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. And is that story -- does that story sound familiar?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: It does, yes.
MS. DUGAN: And are you familiar with Charlie Adelson's testimony in his trial in October of 2023?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: I am, yes.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. The next sentence, does the next sentence say, She asked him to give her a third of the million dollars he was going to pay so his sister could relocate with her children to Miami? He went crazy on her. He said that was going to be an offer to his brother-in-law not to kill him.
Is that right?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: That's correct.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. So according to this story and to Charlie Adelson's story at his trial, no one hired these hitmen to kill Dan Markel, right?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: That's correct.
MS. DUGAN: They just did it in their own in hopes of getting paid?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Correct.
MS. DUGAN: All right. Looking at the next page, is this the bottom part of the first page combined with the top part of the second page?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: It is, yes.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. Looking at the next sentence, does it say, He threatened me that he was going to go to the police. I told him if he went to the police, these murderers would kill him, and if they don't get you, they'll kill your mom and dad, exclamation point. You should have seen his face, exclamation point. He turned white, exclamation point. He was scared shitless, in quotations.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. Looking down at the next paragraph, does it say that, She convinced him that the murderers think that a woman is paying for this. They don't know Charlie. And she told him she would tell her friends -- she wouldn't tell her friends who he is. She can keep him safe.
Is that right?
MS. DUGAN: So according to this, the men who killed Dan Markel are not the ones giving him the information the night of this murder. It's Katherine Magbanua; is that right?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Correct.
MS. DUGAN: And was that consistent with what Charlie Adelson said in his testimony: He said that Magbanua came over alone the night of the murder and told him that he was being extorted by some people she knew?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: That's correct.
MS. DUGAN: All right. Looking down at the next section, does it say he opened his safe and gave her stacks of money?
I'm sorry, can you go back up?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Yes.
It does, yes. He opened his safe and gave her stacks of money.
MS. DUGAN: And what does the rest of that paragraph say?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Then she told him he can pay her the rest in cash. She said he was giving her $3,000 every month. She laughed about how easy it was to extort him for the money. He wouldn't have to take her out for a fancy dinner. She can buy plenty of fancy dinners with a third of a million dollars.
MR. ZELMAN: Judge, can we approach, please?
JUDGE EVERETT: Please approach.
(Sidebar conference held as follows:)
JUDGE EVERETT: Go ahead.
MR. ZELMAN: Judge, the witness isn't giving context. He's reading word for word from an exhibit that's already in evidence the jury is already going to be able to see. This is cumulative.
JUDGE EVERETT: Concerning the word-for-word repetition, Ms. Dugan, what is the point if the witness is not giving actual context?
MS. DUGAN: I can ask him some questions about it. I was planning to after I got out what the information said.
JUDGE EVERETT: Questions from here need to specifically add context and not be a repetition of what the handwriting examiner has already been entered.
MS. DUGAN: Yes, sir.
(Sidebar conference concluded.)
JUDGE EVERETT: Please continue, Ms. Dugan.
BY MS. DUGAN:
MS. DUGAN: Okay. In Charlie Adelson's testimony, did he say that he paid Katherine Magbanua $3,000 a month because he did not have a third of a million dollars?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: That's correct.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. Did he say he gave her, I think it was $138,000 that night or the next morning, and then the rest was $3,000 a month over time?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: That's correct.
MS. DUGAN: And was that paid, he said, from $1,000 a month in her paycheck from Adelson Institute and $2,000 in cash?
MS. DUGAN: And in his testimony, did he say that Magbanua assured him that none of the money would be going to her? She was giving it all to extorters, including the money from her paycheck?
MS. DUGAN: And did he testify that he told his mother Donna Adelson about the extortion in September of 2014?
MS. DUGAN: All right. Can we move on to the next paragraph? I have a couple questions about that.
Okay. In this middle paragraph and in this final paragraph, is the word “extort™ used twice?
MS. DUGAN: Okay. And then at the bottom, “ha-ha" is written out?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: It is, yes.
MS. DUGAN: Looking at the word -- the first time we see the word "extort" on this page, is that underlined for emphasis?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: It appears to be, yes.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. when did Donna Adelson first learn the meaning of the word, "extortion"?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: well, we know that there was a search from the web history of that forensic examination -- I can move to that now -- that was in October of '23 that is reference to "extortion versus blackmail.”
MS. DUGAN: Okay. And what date was that search made?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Again, October 16, 2023.
MS. DUGAN: Was that about a week before Charlie Adelson's trial began?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: It is, yes.
MS. DUGAN: That she's looking up the difference between extortion and blackmail?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Correct.
MS. DUGAN: And that would be even though, according to his testimony, he and his mother had been being extorted since 2014?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Correct.
MS. DUGAN: All right. After Donna Adelson's phone was seized on November 13, 2023, were we able to extract the data through a Cellebrite report?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: We were, yes.
MS. DUGAN: And in -- from the phone in her possession, was there evidence that Donna Adelson and wendi Adelson were talking about Charlie's trial and verdict as it was happening?
MS. DUGAN: what date did -- was -- did Charlie Adelson's opening statements begin on October 24, 2023?
MS. DUGAN: Okay. So that would be the first day of the trial when there's an opening statement and the State started calling their first witnesses; is that right?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: That's correct.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. And then what day did Charlie Adelson testify in his defense in that case?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: November 2.
MS. DUGAN: All right. And in this conversation between Donna Adelson and wendi Adelson, did Donna Adelson agree that Charlie Adelson's testimony about being extorted was the truth, that he was telling the truth?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: She did, yes.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. Can we see that exchange?
MS. DUGAN: Now, right before this exchange, did wendi Adelson send a prayer hands emoji?
MS. DUGAN: Okay. And then what was Donna Adelson's response to that?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: That, we shouldn't have to pray. He's telling the truth. Protected his little sister for years. Differs through this. And now what? Prayer hands.
MS. DUGAN: And then does she clarify that she meant “suffers,” not "differs"?
MS. DUGAN: Okay. So what date was this text sent on?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Again, November 6, 2023.
MS. DUGAN: So this would have been about four days after Charlie Adelson's testimony?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Correct.
MS. DUGAN: But before a verdict was rendered in the case?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: That's correct.
MS. DUGAN: It says that he's telling the truth, protected his little sister for years.
was Robert Adelson a witness in Charlie Adelson's trial? was he called by either the State or the defense?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: He was not.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. So the only person that Wendi Adelson was a little sister of who testified in Charlie Adelson's trial was Charlie Adelson then?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: That's correct.
MS. DUGAN: And here, she's saying, He's telling the truth.
Is that right?
MS. DUGAN: was that the only time that she said that Charlie Adelson's defense was the truth during that trial?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: It is not.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. Can you show us all the messages where she's letting people know that it's the truth?
Okay. So she's sending these messages to different friends or family members, saying, Finally, the truth is out?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: That is correct. All of these messages were sent in a relatively short timeframe to various friends and associates.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. Were there more messages than just this?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: There were.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. And so she's seeing if people are watching, more about it being the truth; is that right?
MS. DUGAN: It says, Dan just proved extortion.
Was Dan Rashbaum Charlie Adelson's attorney at trial?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: He was, yes.
MS. DUGAN: Besides these things, I mean, what else did Donna Adelson say? Or did she say anything else to wendi Adelson? Okay. Thank you.
Okay. Here, is she asking someone to watch opening because the truth is out?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: That's correct.
MS. DUGAN: All right. what else does Donna Adelson say to wendi Adelson about this extortion defense?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: She says that she's sorry this has been our life for so many years. It has been torture, but your lawyer didn't want you to know what happened. I think if you did, our relationship, and your with Charlie, would have been much different. I hope he knew what he was doing. Your testimony was crucial. Let's see what a jury does to him and to the rest of us. You know I'm next, but that won't happen. I'll take care of that.
MS. DUGAN: what date is that --
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: That -- I'm sorry?
MS. DUGAN: what date was that sent?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: November 1, '23.
MS. DUGAN: So she's saying she hasn't told wendi about this, this extortion defense, because her -- wendi's attorney didn't want her to?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Correct.
MS. DUGAN: And it might affect their relationship?
MS. DUGAN: Did we look in the cell phone reports and records to see whether there was any phone evidence of Charlie Adelson being extorted by Magbanua or Garcia or Rivera?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: we did, yes.
MS. DUGAN: All right. Looking at the day after Dan Markel's murder, which would have been July 19, 2014, would that have been the day after Magbanua would have told Charlie Adelson he was being extorted, per his testimony and this State's 62?
MS. DUGAN: Okay. what did Charlie Adelson and Magbanua, what were they saying to each other in text messages that day, the day after this alleged extortion?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: So he speaks of heading to the gym, asking her if she's taking her children to the beach.
She replies that, It's beautiful. Probably the pool.
And he asks her -- encourages her to have a nice day.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. So then this would have been after Magbanua left his home that morning that we saw in your first presentation, was headed south toward Rivera's; is that right?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: That's correct.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. And Charlie Adelson reaches out to Magbanua first; is that right?
MS. DUGAN: Okay. And he says he's headed to the gym?
MS. DUGAN: Any mention of extortion, bad guys, money in these messages?
MS. DUGAN: Does it appear that there's any anger or fear in these messages?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: It does not.
MS. DUGAN: what about -- and in the -- what about in the week following the murder, what did they talk about that week?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: well, there's additional messages from the 19th, later on in the afternoon. And then, yes, we have messages from the next week.
MS. DUGAN: And what were their conversations that week like?
So here they're talking about the weather and how late it is in the day?
MS. DUGAN: Okay. What about the next messages?
She wants him to get Jerry to call in some prescription shampoo for her?
MS. DUGAN: Okay. what's next?
He says, Sweet dreams?
MS. DUGAN: What's next?
She's complaining about a headache, migraine?
MS. DUGAN: Okay. What's next?
He's saying, Laugh out loud?
MS. DUGAN: All right. Any more after that?
Here, she says, Have a good day, smiley face.
And he says, You too?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Correct.
MS. DUGAN: And is that all we have from that week?
MS. DUGAN: Do they ever discuss extortion, bad guys, money?
MS. DUGAN: Okay. Does it seem like pretty mundane things?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: It does, yes.
MS. DUGAN: All right. From 2014 to 2016, those two years after the murder, do Charlie Adelson and Katherine Magbanua stay in regular contact with each other, even after they break up in the fall of 2014?
MS. DUGAN: Okay. From the messages, do they appear to have a close friendship?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: I would say yes.
MS. DUGAN: Can you show us some examples of that?
Okay. Here, is she giving him some relationship advice and saying he'd make a great dad?
MS. DUGAN: All right. what's next?
Does Charlie Adelson tell her he loves her in October of 2014?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: He does.
MS. DUGAN: Does he say, It makes me feel good that you care about me. I'm very lucky to have you as a part of my life?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: He does.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. What's next? Oh, I'm sorry. Can we go back?
Does she respond that she will always care about him?
MS. DUGAN: Okay. What's next?
And here, they have an exchange. Is this in February of 2015?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: It is.
MS. DUGAN: And here, she says, I always know how to make you smile.
And he says, Yes, you do.
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Correct.
MS. DUGAN: what's next?
what do they say here?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: It's February 24, '15. Good. I love you.
And he replies, I love you, too.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. What about later that year? Are there more friendly exchanges?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: October 27, 2015.
MS. DUGAN: And is this -- is he -- she's maybe wishing him a happy birthday, and thank you for helping me, and I love you?
MS. DUGAN: And what does he say back?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Can't wait to get lunch with you. You're the best. I am lucky to have you as a friend for life.
MS. DUGAN: Smiley face?
MS. DUGAN: Okay. What's next?
All right. Here, are they kind of calling each other names, it seems like in a funny way?
MS. DUGAN: And he says, I miss you?
MS. DUGAN: And what about the next month? Are there any messages in the next month?
Okay. Maybe some sort of inside joke here?
MS. DUGAN: Okay. Is she -- is she giving laughing-crying emojis?
MS. DUGAN: All right. what's next?
Is this the same day?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: It is.
MS. DUGAN: And how does he end this exchange?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: LOL. You're the best.
MS. DUGAN: So, Laugh out loud, you're the best?
MS. DUGAN: After maintaining a close friendship for years, according to these texts, at what point did Charlie Adelson and Katherine Magbanua no longer have any contact via phone again? Is it after the arrest of Sigfredo Garcia?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Yes. I'm trying to recall exactly when that ended, but it was well into the time of the arrest, yes.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. Now, in all of these messages from the records between Charlie Adelson and Magbanua in those two years, are there any messages where they discuss being extorted?
MS. DUGAN: Are there any messages where they discuss Dan Markel's murder?
MS. DUGAN: what about Magbanua knowing people who wanted to hurt his family or anything like that?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Nothing.
MS. DUGAN: when Donna Adelson's phone was seized and Cellebrited, was there evidence inside that she -- that Donna Adelson and Charlie Adelson had communicated for several years over whatsApp?
MS. DUGAN: And what is whatsApp?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: whatsApp is just a communication app, multi-platform. You can use it on iPhones or Androids or other devices. And it is just another platform which people can communicate, voice, text. And it is what we call an over-the-top app in that it does not go through the carrier traditional infrastructure.
So it's not using their text message service. It's using the data side. So we don't see records of that, those communications, in the call detail records that we get. And it offers the security of encryption, that those messages are encrypted for, you know, the security of the senders.
MS. DUGAN: Do sometimes people use whatsApp because maybe they're somewhere internationally and that's the easiest way to communicate internationally?
MS. DUGAN: Do sometimes people use whatsApp because, as you said, it's an encrypted service and maybe those messages could be harder to find, as opposed to a regular text message?
MR. ZELMAN: Objection; calls for speculation.
JUDGE EVERETT: Please approach.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. I could ask a different question, Judge.
JUDGE EVERETT: Please do.
BY MS. DUGAN:
MS. DUGAN: what does an encrypted message mean?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: So "encrypted" means that the message content itself is encoded in a way that it cannot be easily read or decoded in transit. So if there was an interception or someone were to get hold of that text message, because of the encryption, you're not able to actually see what's in there. And so that provides, again, for the security of those messages and traffic.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. Thank you. Looking at this whatsApp thread between Charlie Adelson and Donna Adelson, were some messages seen in 2023 that law enforcement did not previously have?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Correct.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. If you could turn our attention to the first one from July of 2016? Okay. Do you mind going to the next -- thank you.
All right. So they're talking about some good news?
MS. DUGAN: Okay. What's next?
All right. So what does Charlie Adelson say here?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: He says that the information he got -- No, it's in the paper from yesterday, and I spoke to Markus this morning. He said it's not official yet, but it's looking that way after he spoke it, or to, Garcia attorney.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. When was that message sent?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: July 21, 2016.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. Was David Markus, spelled with a K, was that Charlie Adelson's attorney at the time?
MS. DUGAN: So according to this text, Charlie Adelson's attorney was talking to Garcia's attorney, and he's letting his mother, Donna Adelson, know that in this message?
MS. DUGAN: who did Markus run into when he met with Garcia's lawyer?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Katie.
MR. ZELMAN: Objection, Your Honor; this is hearsay.
JUDGE EVERETT: I believe 73A and 73 have been admitted at this point. They're in evidence. The objection is overruled.
BY MS. DUGAN:
MS. DUGAN: what happened when Garcia's lawyer -- when Charlie Adelson's lawyer met with Garcia's lawyer? who did they run into?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Ms. Magbanua.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. Now, how do we know that K-a-d-d-i-e is Magbanua?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: That's how he had her listed in his contacts within his phone, Charlie Adelson's.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. So throughout their relationship, Katherine Magbanua's phone number in all these messages are all to K-a-d-d-i-e in his phone? That's how he spelled "Katie"?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Correct.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. And then what does Donna -- how does Donna Adelson respond to this?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: To the “small world" comment, she replies that, It is. And then he goes on to discuss the meeting.
MS. DUGAN: But does he say that his attorney said they said hi to each other, they shook hands, he introduced himself, and she is nice and beautiful?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Correct.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. And how does Donna Adelson respond?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Like all your girlfriends.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. So this is July 2016. So is this about two months after Garcia was arrested for the murder of Dan -- I'm sorry, yeah -- Sigfredo Garcia was arrested for the murder of Dan Markel?
MS. DUGAN: Okay. And Katie's his baby mama?
MS. DUGAN: Okay. Did Donna Adelson or Charlie Adelson express any anger here or four-letter words for Garcia, the man who shot Dan Markel and who'd been arrested for it two months earlier?
MS. DUGAN: Or for Katie, the mother of his children?
MS. DUGAN: All right. Looking at the next month in August, show us this whatsApp message.
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: (witness complies.)
MS. DUGAN: Now, is this message, is it between Charlie Adelson and Donna Adelson?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: It is, yes.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. Can you read us the message from August 2 here?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Charlie Adelson says, Did you see in the paper where the State's star witness that rented the hotel room is a convicted cocaine dealer? Maybe those guys were just up in Tallahassee buying drugs and just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Maybe the coke dealer did it because Danny did not pay him for his drugs, just like he stiffed everyone else he did business with. This whole thing is just crazy.
MS. DUGAN: So at this point in August, you said Garcia and Rivera, they had been arrested for at least two months, right?
MS. DUGAN: And at this point, Charlie Adelson -- according to Charlie Adelson and according -- according to him, he and his mother had been extorted for almost a year and a half as of a couple months ago?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: That'd be correct.
MS. DUGAN: In this message from Charlie Adelson, though, does jt appear to spitball another theory of Dan Markel's murder besides the extortion, that they've supposedly been extorted for the last two years by the killers?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: It does, yes.
MS. DUGAN: And when law enforcement investigated, did the hitmen actually hang out with a local cocaine dealer who the police interviewed and he gave them information about the men he sold drugs to?
MS. DUGAN: Okay. And that was in the paper?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: I'm sorry?
MS. DUGAN: And that -- and they're talking about the fact that that was in the paper?
MS. DUGAN: Okay. And that maybe those -- that coke dealer is the guy that killed Danny?
MS. DUGAN: Maybe Danny was buying drugs from him, stiffed him, something like that?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: That's what it says, yes.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. what's next after this, after Donna Adelson says, I did not see that, which paper?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Charlie indicates that it was in the 7a//ahassee Democrat; and Donna, that she has stopped reading everything.
MS. DUGAN: And does she say, wow, exclamation point, I've stopped reading everything?
MS. DUGAN: Does she say, What are you talking about, you told me that they've been extorting us for two years?
MR. ZELMAN: Objection; argumentative.
JUDGE EVERETT: Sustained.
BY MS. DUGAN:
MS. DUGAN: Is there anything about extortion in these messages?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: There is not.
MS. DUGAN: All right. Last thing we saw from -- or at the beginning of the presentation, we saw in Donna Adelson's phone, she said that he was telling the truth in his trial and the truth is out. Was there another message to Wendi Adelson after she told wendi -- excuse me, I'm sorry.
Is there more messages here?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: There is. Just the end of that conversation.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. Thank you. Can you walk us through these? And then I'll move on.
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Certainly. It's just the conclusion of that, that the guy admitted to selling them cocaine --
MR. ZELMAN: Objection, Your Honor; this is cumulative.
JUDGE EVERETT: Sustained as to cumulative.
BY MS. DUGAN:
MS. DUGAN: Okay. Is this the end of the conversation that we just saw?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: It is, yes.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. And do these messages mention extortion?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: They do not.
MS. DUGAN: All right. Going back to November of 2023, did we find messages in Donna Adelson's phone from November of 2023 when the verdict was announced between Donna and wendi?
MS. DUGAN: Okay. Can we see that message? Or maybe -- okay.
She says, There's a verdict.
This is on November 6, 2023; is that correct?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: That's correct.
MS. DUGAN: Was a verdict delivered, meaning read out loud by the clerk or by the judge, sometime between 5 p.m. and 5:15 p.m. on that day, November 6?
MS. DUGAN: Okay. When does wendi send her next message?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: At 5:27 p.m.
MS. DUGAN: So this would have been after the verdict was rendered?
MS. DUGAN: All right. And she says, I love you very much. call if you feel like you can.
Is that right?
MS. DUGAN: And how does Donna Adelson respond? Can you read that message?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Your brother protected you for years. Now you are not guilty. Your lawyer took very good care of you. You can bury me in the dress that I bought for L.A.'s Bar Mitzvah.
MS. DUGAN: And was that sent at 5:31 p.m. on November 6?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: It was, yes.
MS. DUGAN: So about 15 to 20 minutes after the verdict?
MS. DUGAN: All right. So now we know the time of the verdict, sometime between 5:00 and 5:15 p.m. on November 6. After the verdict, was there evidence found in Donna Adelson's phone that Donna Adelson and Harvey Adelson began to plan to flee the country?
MR. ZELMAN: Objection, Your Honor.
JUDGE EVERETT: What is the objection?
MR. ZELMAN: It's argumentative.
JUDGE EVERETT: Overruled.
BY MS. DUGAN:
MS. DUGAN: Can you walk us through what was found in her phone from after the verdict?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: So there is a conversation, again in whatsApp, between Donna Adelson and a representative from Vietnam e-Visa regarding getting a visa for herself and for Harvey.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. And are we going to go through the entire visa chat here today?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: we are not.
MS. DUGAN: Okay.
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: It's quite lengthy.
MS. DUGAN: Are these just some excerpts from the visa chat?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: They are, yes.
MS. DUGAN: All right. Before court today, did you have an opportunity to look at State's 58, the visa chat?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: I did, yes.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. And are these true and accurate depictions of the chat that was found in the Cellebrite between Vietnam e-Visa and Donna Adelson?
MS. DUGAN: At this time, I'd move 58 into evidence.
JUDGE EVERETT: Any objection?
MR. ZELMAN: NO.
JUDGE EVERETT: State's 58 is admitted.
(State's Exhibit No. 58 received in evidence.)
MS. DUGAN: Thank you.
BY MS. DUGAN:
MS. DUGAN: All right. If you could walk us through a few excerpts from this chat.
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Yes. Again, we can see that this is between Mrs. Adelson and the vietnam Visa, and the first message in this conversation starts on November 7 at 3:55 p.m.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. So is that within 24 hours of the verdict?
MS. DUGAN: Can you go back to the last one?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: (witness complies.)
MS. DUGAN: what is that first message from -- what does that first message say in this chat?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: It's an automated message in the whatsApp group, and it states that, Messages and calls are end-to-end encrypted. No one outside of this chat, not even whatsApp, can read or listen to them. Tap to learn more.
MS. DUGAN: And the only way we're reading them is because we were able to take -- or seize the phone and get the information off the phone?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: That is correct.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. All right. Can we look at the first messages sent in this chat?
Can you read this to us?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Sure. Hi, Daisy. I'm trying to get a fast-track emergency visa for Vietnam.
MR. ZELMAN: Objection. Same objection we talked about sidebar.
JUDGE EVERETT: Overruled. This has not been published before the jury. This is the publishing of the evidence at this time.
You may continue.
BY MS. DUGAN:
MS. DUGAN: I'm sorry. You left off at "fast-track emergency visa for Vietnam."
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: I filled everything out on the online application. I filled out the visa option. I wanted the fastest I can get -- fastest I can get it. Put in the applicant details with our photos' approval. It's for Donna Adelson and Harvey Adelson. Yes, that is the site we applied for online. I just do not see how to pay for this.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. And what's next?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: She says, If I do not get there until the 12th or 13th of November, is that a problem if I am putting down November 11 as the date to arrive?
MS. DUGAN: Okay. And then do they talk a little bit about how long her visa will be for?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Yes. She indicates, I would like the 90-day visa, and clarifies 90-day multi-entrance.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. what is -- what happens when she finds out there isn't enough time to get a 90-day visa because it's an emergency fast-track one?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: So her reply is, If we get a 30-day visa, can I extend it while I am in Vietnam?
MS. DUGAN: Okay. But then the chat says, we can arrange for the 90-day?
MS. DUGAN: All right. If she were to -- like, let's say that -- and I know that they didn't get the visas until a few days later. But let's say she got the visa on November 7 and it were a 90-day visa, that visa would extend to February 7?
MS. DUGAN: Okay. And that's the choice that they gave her, the 90 or the 30, 30 and extend?
MS. DUGAN: Okay. All right. Now, eventually in this chat, does she send she and Harvey Adelson's pictures?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: She does, yes.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. Are they letting her know all the things that she'll need to provide?
MS. DUGAN: Okay. And does she say 90-day multiple entry is what I would like as fast as possible, and that next Monday, as the next Monday to receive the visas, will be fine?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: That's correct.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. What's next?
They've received her e-mail?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Correct.
MS. DUGAN: And she sends her picture. Does she send Harvey's picture as well? Okay. Thank you.
Now, at some point in this chat, is it getting close to her flight date and she has not yet received her visas?
MS. DUGAN: Okay.
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: In addition to the photographs, she also sends copies of their passports.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. And this is the flight information, as far as where they're flying into, the date of arrival, the e-mail, and the type of e-visa it is?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: That's correct.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. She gives them her flight information; is that right?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Correct.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. Now we're five days later. And does she say in capital letters, Now it is almost 10 a.m. on Sunday. we take our flight tomorrow at 8 p.m. That is 30 hours.
She's afraid that she's not going to get it in time; is that right?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: That's correct.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. What happens next?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: So the response is that, We will send e-visa to you within 21 hours from now. It's fine for your flight. Please don't worry.
MS. DUGAN: And does she actually end up getting her visa?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: She does, yes.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. Can you walk us through the rest?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Yes. So this is November 13, 5:28 a.m. She receives a visa for herself and for Harvey Adelson.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. Now, was there other evidence that showed that the Adelsons did not have plans of returning home anytime soon? what was found on her phone, as far as her Amazon deliveries?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: So there was a message to herself, kind of as a reminder, and this was on November 8, to stop Amazon deliveries.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. And was there a note left in their apartment to sell a belonging?
MS. DUGAN: Okay. Does this indicate that the -- this is who wendi should call to get the paperwork so the gun can be sold if it is to be sold?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Yes, as it needs to be sold with the paperwork.
MS. DUGAN: All right. what about -- we've heard about Donna Adelson's planner. Was there some entries in the planner for the week after Charlie Adelson's trial that indicated they weren't planning to come home any time soon?
what's the first entry here?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: So the first entry we see is, Sell and list jewelry, dishes, implants, comics.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. And what date was that?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: I'd have to go back to the top to see the date of that, which we actually don't have on the top of that.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. I think we do have it in evidence so -- okay. So the first entry you're pointing out here, though -- I'm sorry, if you can go back to the highlight.
And so that was to, Sell jewelry, dishes, implants, and comics?
MS. DUGAN: All right. Did they have a note about packing for Vietnam?
Okay. Was there also notes at the bottom about canceling disability insurance?
MS. DUGAN: Two, in fact?
MS. DUGAN: Was there a note for -- I'm looking in the middle of the screen here -- for wendi to tell Dan regarding Vietnam and he must tell Charlie on his private line; is that right?
MS. DUGAN: would Charlie Adelson have been in custody at that time?
MS. DUGAN: And if the Adelsons -- if the Adelsons were to call Charlie Adelson and tell him they're going to Vietnam, would that call be recorded and available to law enforcement?
MS. DUGAN: If Dan, Charlie's attorney, calls Charlie to tell him that information, would that call be private and law enforcement cannot listen to that?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: That's correct.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. Are there some more entries in this planner? Is there an entry regarding child support at the top?
If they were paying child support for Charlie's child, does it show that they intended to pay -- or they have a note about this child support through November 2025?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: That's correct.
MS. DUGAN: So they're making a note of that for the next two years in advance?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Correct.
MS. DUGAN: Because at this point, we're in November of 2023?
MS. DUGAN: All right. And looking down, we see that that note is on Saturday, November 18. If this planner was collected by law enforcement in Miami on November 14, would this have been like a -- like a note of a reminder to yourself in the future that you've made here on the 18th?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: It could be, yes.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. And is that reminder, Tell wendi do October -- do October expenses for three properties and enter in computer?
MS. DUGAN: Okay. I asked you when the first entry was. We see the end of the week is Saturday, November 18, so I think you can probably see what week we're on, but I'm going to show you what's marked as State's 59A.
Looking at this first entry here that we saw of selling the jewelry, dishes, implants, and comics, what day was that planned for?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: That was Thursday, November 9.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. So that would have been two days after the visa chat and three days after the verdict?
MS. DUGAN: were there text messages on Donna Adelson's phone where she is trying to communicate her plans to wendi Adelson?
MS. DUGAN: Okay. Can you go to those messages?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: (witness complies.)
MS. DUGAN: Here in these messages, is she letting Wendi Adelson know they need to talk to her; it's not about the case; they need business assistance; they need to help her with personal things and business stuff; you know, please respond to them, please talk to them?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Yes. They need her to help them, yes.
MS. DUGAN: All right. what do we have next?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: November 10 --
MS. DUGAN: Does Donna Adelson -- I'm sorry.
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: She provides two contact cards to wendi stating that, You need to have this info.
MS. DUGAN: And is one of those -- is one of those for an attorney and one that looks to be for a property, a condo in a certain tower?
MS. DUGAN: All right. Were there other messages to friends where she's trying to convey information?
MS. DUGAN: All right. Looking at this message on November 7, is Donna Adelson saying to her friend, Annie, that she can't say why but they, the Adelsons, may need you guys to come here, both of you. Wendi is not responding and we have an issue that we cannot discuss over the phone. I know this sounds crazy, but I assure you it's not. I wish I could tell you more. Stand by.
Is that right?
MS. DUGAN: All right. And then at the bottom, she says, Ron may have some work to do here?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Correct.
MS. DUGAN: All right. what's next?
Does Donna let her know that she's copying her on different e-mails and things; she'll explain everything; she's holding off talking to her?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Correct.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. And then was there evidence in Donna Adelson's phone of why she -- why they chose Vietnam, why Vietnam was chosen as where they were going to go?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: There were searches related to extradition, which would have contained vietnam as non-extradition.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. Can you show that to us?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: (witness complies.)
MS. DUGAN: Okay. And when did she Google “list of United States’ extradition treaties"?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: It would have been on November 7.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. So the day after Charlie Adelson's verdict?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Correct.
MS. DUGAN: And the same day that she got the emergent -- she first started the chat for the emergency fast-track visa?
MS. DUGAN: One second.
No further questions. Thank you.
JUDGE EVERETT: Cross-examination?
MR. ZELMAN: Just a moment, Your Honor.
CROSS EXAMINATION BY MR. ZELMAN:
MR. ZELMAN: Good afternoon.
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Good afternoon.
MR. ZELMAN: we meet again.
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: we do.
MR. ZELMAN: So I think I'm going to go backwards a little bit. Now, you agree that whatsApp is used internationally, correct?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: It is, yes.
MR. ZELMAN: And in your presentation, you indicated that in my client's planner, there was some notations to sell jewelry, dishes, implants, and comics?
MR. ZELMAN: My client, at the time, was 72 or 73. Did you believe she had a comic collection?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: I'm not sure that she did.
MR. ZELMAN: Okay. And what about implants?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: well, other than the fact that they -- or her, Donna -- or Harvey Adelson was a dentist.
MR. ZELMAN: I'm going to show you -- let's see, this is too far.
MR. ZELMAN: May I approach with State's 155?
JUDGE EVERETT: You may.
BY MR. ZELMAN:
MR. ZELMAN: Looking at State's 155, picture that's on my screen, is that the same picture, it's just that's narrower?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Yes. It's a different perspective, but yes.
MR. ZELMAN: Okay. So let's zoom in on this. TI should have brought my mouse.
Can you read what that says? You want me to turn it?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: It says, Implant motor.
MR. ZELMAN: And looking at 152, 153, and 154, looks -- that's a closet, correct?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: It appears to be, yes.
MR. ZELMAN: And is that -- I can't see it there. Let's go back here.
That's the bedroom closet where that implant motor was, correct?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: I'm not aware of this being a bedroom. It does appear to be a closet.
MR. ZELMAN: Okay. we'll go grab another picture then.
That picture indicates that there are dishes in that closet, correct?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: There are dishes in the closet, yes.
MR. ZELMAN: Keep those for me, please.
would you agree it would be unusual for dishes to be in a bedroom closet?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Possibly, yes.
MR. ZELMAN: I'll supplement it but I'll show you from my laptop.
MR. ZELMAN: May I approach?
JUDGE EVERETT: You may.
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: I'll have to clarify my last answer, too. There are dishes in my spare bedroom closet so ...
BY MR. ZELMAN:
MR. ZELMAN: I did not know that to ask that of you but ...
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: I just want to be honest.
MR. ZELMAN: Now, I will have this printed, Your Honor, this next picture, but it's identified as RTC_0029.
BY MR. ZELMAN:
MR. ZELMAN: would you agree that depicts a bedroom?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: That does, yes.
MR. ZELMAN: Let's go here.
Are those the boxes that we saw in State's 155?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: They appear to be, yes.
MR. ZELMAN: Same paper, and you have the coffee maker?
MR. ZELMAN: Okay. So we're still in that room. Let's see if we can get a different perspective here.
would you agree that they didn't do a very good job documenting this search warrant?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: well, it is a little hard to figure out from the smaller pictures. I don't necessarily disagree that this is the bedroom closet. I just wasn't personally there.
MR. ZELMAN: Okay. So you have that small piece of luggage --
MR. ZELMAN: -- in this picture? That's 155.
And then in this one here, it's 0043, would you indicate -- would you agree that that's the same piece of small luggage in the same closet with the dishes?
MR. ZELMAN: Okay. Now, during the course of your investigation, Sergeant, are you aware of the fact my clients sold their home in Coral Springs and moved into a condo?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: I am aware of that occurring at some point, yes.
MR. ZELMAN: And so merely because my client is selling some kitchen -- some kitchen items or some jewelry, does that indicate that they are fleeing the country?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: By itself, no.
MR. ZELMAN: Okay. Now, if someone is going out of town, would it be unusual for them to stop Amazon deliveries?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: It would not.
MR. ZELMAN: Now, merely stopping Amazon deliveries, that does not indicate that they are not coming back, does it?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Not by itself.
MR. ZELMAN: Do you have any knowledge whether or not the trust that was set up for R.A., Charlie Adelson's son, took care of child support for a certain period of time?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: I have no information about that trust.
MR. ZELMAN: would you agree, in looking through that calendar, that Mrs. Adelson, my client, constantly updates it to give herself reminders?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: I would agree, yes.
MR. ZELMAN: Is there any evidence that you discovered in your investigation that indicate that my client moved assets overseas?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: None that I am aware of.
MR. ZELMAN: That's a no?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: That is a no.
MR. ZELMAN: There's no evidence that you were able to uncover that my client was moving out of the country, as opposed to obtaining a 90-day tourist visa?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: I would say the evidence that I observed from the messages, the business that was being taken care of, it was at least a lengthy time to be away.
MR. ZELMAN: So a 90-day tourist visa?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: That could be, yes.
MR. ZELMAN: Okay. Now, do you know what it means for a tourist visa to be multiple or multi-entrance?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: I do not specifically.
MR. ZELMAN: Do you -- would you agree that a fair definition of that would mean that the person who holds the visa can enter the country, leave the country, and return to the country?
MR. ZELMAN: And a tourist visa, if you know, is just that; it's for a tourist, not for a resident?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Correct.
MR. ZELMAN: Now, one of the slides that you didn't go over, I believe it was, at least in one of the versions, slide 328.
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: would you like me to go to that?
MR. ZELMAN: Sure.
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Let's see which way is faster. well, that would be the new 328.
MR. ZELMAN: Oh, see, I hadn't been provided with the full new version. It's the slide 328 with the Sun Sentine7 article?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: with that article?
MR. ZELMAN: Yes.
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: That is not in here.
MR. ZELMAN: That's no longer in there?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: That's correct.
MR. ZELMAN: Okay.
MR. ZELMAN: Your Honor, may I approach?
JUDGE EVERETT: YOu may.
BY MR. ZELMAN:
MR. ZELMAN: Do you know where that is in your --
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: It's not in here.
MR. ZELMAN: It's not in that one. Do you still have it where you can display it?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: I can get to it, yes. we'll probably -- yeah, as long as I stay muted.
MR. ZELMAN: Yes. Thank you.
JUDGE EVERETT: Just to clarify, Mr. Zelman, this is the version not in evidence but you still wish the witness to place it on the screen?
MR. ZELMAN: Yes. It was in evidence and I guess the State changed the --
MS. DUGAN: It was in -- it was not in evidence. The one in evidence does not have it.
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Just that?
MR. ZELMAN: Yeah, just that.
BY MR. ZELMAN:
MR. ZELMAN: It says, I think it's going to be a speedy trial, Weinstein said.
who is weinstein?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Attorney.
MR. ZELMAN: One of Charlie's attorneys?
MR. ZELMAN: Thank you. Now, throughout your review of the text messages, the communications, was there any evidence that my client was aware of the friendly texts that Charlie had with Katherine Magbanua?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: There was no evidence that your client was specifically aware of the content of the communications between Charlie and Katie, no.
MR. ZELMAN: And you put on a bunch of slides where it's just another instance of Charlie Adelson just running his mouth; this time in writing, so his thumbs?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Yes. There are a lot of communications.
MR. ZELMAN: Just a moment, Your Honor.
JUDGE EVERETT: Go ahead.
MR. ZELMAN: Nothing further, Your Honor.
JUDGE EVERETT: Redirect examination?
MS. DUGAN: Yes, sir, quickly.
REDIRECT EXAMINATION BY MS. DUGAN:
MS. DUGAN: Can you put the sun Sentine/7 article back up? Thank you.
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: It'll take me just a second.
MS. DUGAN: Sure.
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: (witness complies.)
MS. DUGAN: Okay. Thank you. Now, we saw the text earlier where Charlie Adelson says to Donna Adelson that, you know, Did you see the good news in the paper yesterday, something along those lines, right?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Correct.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. And Donna agreed, It is good news?
MS. DUGAN: Okay. So did we try to find some papers from the day before those messages -- I think that message was on July 21, 2016 -- to see if there was a local paper in Miami that maybe published some -- or in Florida that published some information about this case the day prior?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: we did, yes.
MS. DUGAN: was this the closest-in-time article that we could find that talked about Dan Markel's murder?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: It was, yes.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. And was this from the Sun Sentine/?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: It was.
MS. DUGAN: which is a big paper in Miami?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: I believe so, yes.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. And in this paper -- or this -- was this article published on July 16, 2016?
MS. DUGAN: So not the day before, but I think it would be five days before?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: That's correct.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. And -- but we don't know necessarily, looking at those texts, was it published or did Charlie see it in the paper the day before; is that right? Charlie says, though, It was good news in the paper yesterday?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: He does, yes.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. And in this article from the sun Sentinel, does it talk about the murder of Dan Markel and that Garcia and Rivera have been arrested?
MS. DUGAN: Okay. And what you've got highlighted in red here, does Weinstein, who is -- was Weinstein an Adelson family friend at that point; do you know?
MS. DUGAN: Okay. Weinstein says, I think it's going to be a speedy trial. I don't think there's going to be any more arrests, after it talks about the arrest of Garcia and Rivera.
Is that right?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: It does, yes.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. So if Charlie Adelson and Donna Adelson are referencing this paper, then they would be saying that it's good news that there's not going to be any more arrests; is that right?
MS. DUGAN: And is that the reason that it was of interest of us -- to us?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: It was, yes.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. But, ultimately, it isn’t the day before, right?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: It is not.
MS. DUGAN: Okay. All right. Looking at -- defense asked you about -- I think, ultimately, you said, you know, from the totality of the evidence in this case, not just one thing or not just one other thing, but a totality of the evidence, it looked as though the Adelsons were planning to have a lengthy time away?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: That's correct.
MS. DUGAN: And quick, right? I mean, wasn't Donna Adelson asking for an emergency fast-track visa?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Yes. There was urgency in every -- all the communications and getting things done, getting the visa, there seemed to be a sense of urgency to that.
MS. DUGAN: And did Donna Adelson specifically look for non-extradition countries in her phone before --
MR. ZELMAN: Objection; asked and answered.
JUDGE EVERETT: Overruled as to asked and answered, but we have covered this subject, Ms. Dugan.
MS. DUGAN: Okay.
BY MS. DUGAN:
MS. DUGAN: And was Vietnam the country she chose?
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: It was, yes.
MS. DUGAN: Thank you.
JUDGE EVERETT: You may step down, Sergeant.
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Thank you, sir.
JUDGE EVERETT: will he be recalled during the trial?
MS. CAPPLEMAN: Potentially, Judge.
JUDGE EVERETT: You remain under your subpoena. Please do not discuss your testimony with any other person.
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: Thank you, sir.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: Your wife says those are the holiday dishes.
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: They are.
JUDGE EVERETT: I am curious about these plates, but I have things to do.
CHRISTOPHER CORBITT: They're in very nice protective cases.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: Judge, one matter, State's Exhibit 72, the State thought it was admitted. This is the Spireon GPS certification. The clerk does not show that item admitted.
JUDGE EVERETT: JI do not have it checked on my list either.
MS. CAPPLEMAN: Could we admit that item at this time, Your Honor?
JUDGE EVERETT: Is there any objection to State's 72?
MR. ZELMAN: No, Your Honor. We thought they had admitted it as well.
JUDGE EVERETT: State's 72 is admitted at this time.
(State's Exhibit No. 72 received in evidence.)