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she told us her nightmare began after she complained she d been the victim of domestic abuse, an accusation her ex-husband michael strongly denies. you know, questioning me and stuff into this big production for a cops tv show deadline that they had, and they just started manufacturing all of these things and creating these scenarios and putting me in these situations that look horrible. the police say they did not ignore a domestic abuse case. they were trying to stop a murder for hire plot. and those cops tv cameras didn t change the substance of their investigation into dalia. did you want to have your husband, mike, dead? no. were you soliciting his murder. absolutely no. after nearly ten hours of deliberation, half of the jury seemed to agree. to the judge, we the jury,
airtight with all those mez mer mizing tapes of dalia plotting out a murder and also that video from the cops tv show with her looking unglued as she learned of her husband s murder. what no one could have predicted, though, was dalia s defense. we live in a world where people seeking their 15 minutes of fame lose all sense of judgment and common sense. dalia s defense attorney said this whole crazy story was, in . that it was mike behind the fake murder just so he could be known beyond boynton beach. mike dippolito s hoax to orchestrate his own murder, to achieve fame and fortune, was a bad prank. it was never anyone s intention to harm anyone. the defense argued it was all a tv pitch. michael auditioning for his big break. the evidence will show that the plot for the contract
no. he says dalia also seemed to be playing the role as an expectant mother. there never was a baby, was there? never was a baby. another thing dalia was not expecting was the formal charge being filed against her. solicitation to commit first-degree murder with a firearm. but even after her arrest, dalia phoned michael from jail, pleading with him to get her an attorney, claiming the cops had gotten it all wrong. what they re saying is not true. you sent him out to have me killed. i heard that. that is not true. how is that not true? they re charging your ass, don t you get it? she won t give it up. i didn t do it. why aren t you helping me? i love you and over and over. i m like, are you kidding? i said, what do you want me to do? you re supposed to get me an attorney, please, so i can talk to you. even though she would later be released under house arrest, while still in jail, dalia
killing of mike dippolito was never real. mike dippolito hoped to capture the attention of someone in reality tv. the defense attorney argued that dalia was in on the reality show idea the whole time. that scene out front of dalia wailing, acting said the defense. dalia knew that mike wasn t harmed, and hers is a fake reaction to a fake event. the defense pushed michael dippolito hard on cross-examination, accusing him of dragging dalia down with his stupid idea being a tv star. this whole reality thing was actually orchestrated by you, wasn t it? i don t know what you re talking about. the silliest thing i ve ever heard. i mean completely made up. all right. let s bring in our jury, please. and after two weeks of trial testimony, the jury agreed. we find the defendant guilty of solicitation to commit first-degree murder. in the end, the judge sentenced her to 20 years and