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