![]() ![]() The judge rejected the request, but Charlie and Donna Adelson were “determined” to see Wendi relocate, the affidavit says. After she filed for divorce in 2012, Wendi asked a judge to let her move with their two boys from Tallahassee to South Florida, where her parents also lived, according to the affidavit in support of Donna’s arrest. An ugly custody disputeĪuthorities said Markel’s killing was linked to the dispute over the children he shared with ex Wendi Adelson. “She’s a good mom, a loving mom, and that’s why she’s in the predicament she’s” in, he said. She asked if he could pay the rest in $3000 monthly installments, he testified.ĭuring the trial, Magbanua denied that she tried to extort Charlie and said the payment was for Markel’s killing.ĭonna was convinced the extortion scheme was real, Rashbaum said, and went along with her son’s plan. In his testimony, Charlie recounted telling Magbanua that he only had enough money to pay her $138,000. If he didn’t pay one-third of $1 million within 48 hours, he said she told him, he’d be dead too. Alicia Devine / Pool via AP fileĪt his trial, Charlie acknowledged paying Magbanua after the murder - but he said he did so because he believed he was the victim of an extortion scheme and Magbanua could pay off the people who killed Markel. Charlie Adelson during closing arguments in Tallahassee, Fla., on Nov. The friend cooperated with authorities and pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Magbanua and the father of her children were convicted in the killing in separate trials and sentenced to life in prison. ![]() Prosecutors said Charlie orchestrated the killing, which hinged on a dispute between Markel and Wendi Adelson - Charlie’s sister and Donna’s daughter - and involved three people outside the Adelson family: a former girlfriend of Charlie’s, Katherine Magbanua the father of Magbanua’s children who authorities said pulled the trigger and the shooter’s close friend. Markel was gunned down on July 18 while parking at his Tallahassee home. ![]()
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