and he threatened me. he threatened to hurt me. he threatened to hurt my familye >> reporter: mohamed the informant denied threatening her or participating in a reality tv production. >> the reality tv defense seems to play into this whole story. >> reporter: "palm beach post" senior editor jan tuckwood says dalia's defense was weirdly appropriate. >> it just seems to make total sense because the whole story doesn't make sense. so, you just throw in that angle. "i wanna be famous, so let's dou this stunt," if it was a stunt.t it just adds to the weirdness. >> reporter: the story didn't fly with the new judge, and the motion to dismiss was thrown t out. so in december 2016, dali ashowed up the at palm beach county courthouse once again, new trial, new jury. >> we're going to have opening statements by the attorneys. >> reporter: bryan claypool's opening statements were the