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Dippolito wants records sealed

Arrest papers focus of argument

- By Chuck Weber WPEC-Ch. 12

The newest battle in the Dalia Dippolito murderfor-hire case is over the release of her in-house arrest records.

At a hearing Tuesday, Judge Glenn Kelley addressed Dippolito’s motion to seal documents related to her in-house arrest.

attorneys made the request after the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office released those records to a media outlet last week.

Greg Rosenfeld, one of Dippolito’s lawyers, argued the documents contain protected medical informatio­n.

Dippolito is charged with hiring an undercover Boynton Beach police officer to kill her then husband in 2009. The police video of the staged crime scene viral.

An appeals court threw out Dippolito’s 2011 conviction and 20-year sentence, because of a tainted jury pool. Dippolito’s second trial ended last month in a mistrial due to a hung jury.

Dippolito is currently out on house arrest, after she posted bond. She is now waiting for her third trial.

The in-house arrest records took on interest after Dippolito’s attorneys revealed at her December reDippolit­o’s trial that Ms. Dippolito is the mother of an infant son.

Kelley had already granted the defense request, to the extent he is currently barring further releases of the in-house arrest records, and is reviewing the material in his chambers.

Tuesday, Kelley said the documents viewed so far do not contain any medical diagnoses or conditions, only the names of Dippoliwen­t

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