Grandma busted trying to flee country in FSU professor's murder-for-hire plot could lose lawyer in legal twist
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The Florida grandmother charged in a murder-for-hire plot to kill her former son-in-law, Florida State University law professor Daniel Markel, waived a potential conflict of interest her own lawyer has in the case at a hearing Monday.

Attorney Daniel Rashbaum is also representing Donna Adelson’s son, Charlie Adelson, a dentist who is serving a life sentence for his role in plotting Markel’s 2014 murder.

She waived the potential conflict and her right to obtain outside counsel. But she could still lose her lawyer if he is called as a witness in the case.

A neighbor who heard the gunshot rushed over and called 911.

Wendi Adelson testifies in court

Wendi Adelson, Charlie Adelson’s sister and Dan Markel’s ex-wife, testifies in court clarifying details about conversations with her mother and of her divorce, on Oct. 26, 2023, in Tallahassee. (Elena Barrera/USA Today Network)

“You need to send an ambulance in a hurry,” he told the dispatcher. “He is still alive. He is moving.”

First responders arrived 19 minutes later, and Markel was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Three co-conspirators convicted in the case include Charlie Adelson’s ex-girlfriend, Katherine Magbanua, and hired guns Luis Rivera and Sigfredo Garcia.

Adelson’s next hearing is set for Feb. 12. She has pleaded not guilty.

Fox News’ Shona Holagh, Landon Mion and Stephanie Pagones contributed to this report.

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