Documents & Records
Ex. 57
Exhibit 57 comprises emails between Donna and Wendi Adelson. During cross-examination of Patrick Sanford, defense counsel challenged the exhibit's probative value by noting it contained no mention of murder, violence, or illegal activity, that the referenced legal consultation concerned a bribe, and that Charlie Adelson appeared in the chain only as a copied recipient rather than an active participant.
Donna-Wendi Adelson emails (Ex. 57)Ex. 57
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The exhibit and the cross-examination challenge to it are central to the dispute over what the Adelson family communications actually show. The defense's effort to reframe Charlie's role as passive is directly relevant to the charged conspiracy and to the weight the jury was asked to assign the email chain.