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evidence evidence audio Magbanua RetrialCharlie AdelsonDonna AdelsonDolce Vita recording Captured at the Dolce Vita restaurant in Miami, the recording documents a meeting between Charlie Adelson and Katherine Magbanua and was presented by the state in opening statements, during cross-examinations, and in rebuttal closing arguments across the Magbanua retrial and Charlie Adelson trial. A former CIA audio expert was noted as having clarified portions of the recording. A paper transcript prepared by James Keith McElveen — comprising 38-page and 12-page sections with inaudible markers — was used as a synchronized rolling demonstrative, and the defense challenged the transcript's rendering line by line during cross-examination proceedings in the Charlie Adelson trial. ← All Evidence
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Dolce Vita recording

Captured at the Dolce Vita restaurant in Miami, the recording documents a meeting between Charlie Adelson and Katherine Magbanua and was presented by the state in opening statements, during cross-examinations, and in rebuttal closing arguments across the Magbanua retrial and Charlie Adelson trial. A former CIA audio expert was noted as having clarified portions of the recording. A paper transcript prepared by James Keith McElveen — comprising 38-page and 12-page sections with inaudible markers — was used as a synchronized rolling demonstrative, and the defense challenged the transcript's rendering line by line during cross-examination proceedings in the Charlie Adelson trial.

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Mentioned Magbanua RetrialCharlie AdelsonDonna Adelson
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The recording appears in all three trials and is among the most broadly cited items in the archive, referenced at every major phase of the Magbanua retrial and Charlie Adelson proceedings — from opening statements through rebuttal closing. The contested McElveen transcript and the defense's line-by-line challenges to the recording during cross reflect its interpretive weight in the record as evidence bearing on communications between Adelson and Magbanua.

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DA Donna Adelson Aug 22, 2025 – Sep 4, 2025

Opening
Opening Statement - Sarah Kathryn Dugan
Day 1