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BANFIELD: Beautiful Florida newlywed allegedly hires a hitman to kill her husband. But what she doesn`t know is that the so-called hitman is a cop. And when she`s caught in the middle of the sting, she pretends to break down in tears after she`s told about the deed being done-- like, he`s dead, all of it caught on video. I want you to watch this. And keep your eyes, as well, on the other officers who are there because they`re all trying to play along on the sting.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Is your husband Michael? OK, I`m sory to tell you, ma`am, he`s been killed.</s>DIPPOLITO: Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He`s been killed, ma`am.</s>DIPPOLITO: Oh! Oh! Oh, no!</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Try to calm down.</s>DIPPOLITO: No!</s>DIPPOLITO: Oh! Oh! Oh!</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Just calm down. I need you to</s>DIPPOLITO: Oh! Oh! Oh!</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Is there anyone</s>DIPPOLITO: Oh! Oh! Oh~!</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Witnesses say they saw a black male runing for here. I can`t let you see him, ma`am.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Ma`am, I cannot do this right now.</s>DIPPOLITO: Oh! Oh!</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I need you to take her to the station.</s>BANFIELD: I`d feel so bad for her, if, in fact, that were true. But here`s the deal. Did you see those guys, the guys behind the cop that gave her the news going, like--</s>DIPPOLITO: Oh, my God!</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He`s alive.</s>DIPPOLITO: Come here, please. Come here. Mike, come here! Come here, please! Come here!</s>DIPPOLITO: Why not?</s>BANFIELD: That is never good. Ms. Dippolito was convicted of this crime back in 2011. But all of that got reversed on appeal because of a technicality, and now that case is back in court, heading for a retrial. But the key video that you`re watching, this one right here, "Oh, I`m so upset," Dippolito reacting to the fake news that her husband`s dead. He`s alive. That is not something that the jury is going to be allowed to hear. How do you feel about that? Dalia Dippolito`s her attorney has some opinions on that, Brian Claypool. He`s live with me. And Mason Brodie also has some feelings. He`s Dalia`s ex-husband`s, Michael Dippolito`s, attorney. Hello to both you. And thank you for being here. Brian, I`m going to start with you. It`s hard, I`m not going to lie, it is really hard watching that video. And I think it`s hard for me to think about you because that is a real uphill climb, knowing that that video exists. But there`s so much more, as well. How do you defend her?</s>BRIAN CLAYPOOL, ATTORNEY FOR DALIA DIPPOLITO: First of all, Ashleigh, don`t judge a book by its cover. When I first saw the video, I thought the same thing everybody else across the country is thinking, wow, did she really do this? But I got to tell you, what the state prosecutors want everyone to believe is, that that video is the final chapter of the Dalia Dippolito saga. What we`re going to do in this trial though is give the jury chapters one through ten. And that is a police department that was more fixed on generating fame and notoriety for the members of the police department than it was for safeguarding her constitutional rights.</s>BANFIELD: Okay. That`s a fair argument. Jason, what do you think about some of this video actually being suppressed, like that stuff we just showed, the whole crocodile tear drama, drama that wasn`t true? The jury is not going to see it.</s>JASON BRODIE, DIVORCE ATTORNEY FOR MICHAEL DIPPOLITO: Yeah, it`s amazing they`re not going to see all that stuff, but the state believes that they have enough evidence without that video that they can convict her. They don`t want to run the risk.</s>CLAYPOOL: That`s not true at all, Jason. The judge threw it out.</s>BRODIE: . and then having it overturned.</s>CLAYPOOL: State fought it. The state fought to keep that in. We kept it out, and the reason why is, because the police department already had probable cause to arrest Dalia Dippolito, and instead what they did instead of arresting her, they went out and created fictional drama for a T.V. show.</s>BANFIELD: Okay, all right. So to that point, I want to play this -- because I said before, there were hours and hours and hours of undercover video, and I`m about to play another piece. It doesn`t go well for Dalia. This is that time when those cops that do this for a living and know they have to cover their you know what`s, give you lots of options to back out of the plan. And here`s how that went. Take a look.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If it`s not done by Wednesday them I`ll call you. If it`s done by Wednesday, the only thing you`re gonna hear from me is to collect, alright? Which is why I said that between now and when it`s done, you know, you`re not gonna have an option to change your mind. Even if you change your mind.</s>DALIA DIPPOLITO, ACCUSED OF TRYING TO HAVE HER NEWLYWED HUSBAND KILLED: There`s no changing. No, there`s no like, I`m determined already. I`m positive, like 5,000 percent sure. Like, I was stressing when you told me you were gonna come up here and then I`m like looking at the time and I`m like what the (beep) he`s not coming, he`s not this, you know, like all this stuff or whatever. Like no, when I say I`m gonna do something, I`m gonna do it. Like as soon as you told me listen. I need the money from you I went. I grabbed it right away. Like we were good to go. Like with me, you`re not gonna have a problem, you`re not gonna have an issue.</s>BANFIELD: Ouch, 5,000 percent, I`m 5,000 percent sure. Brian Claypool, 5,000 percent sure, and you`re saying this is all about drama? Are you saying that she was pretending? Because in the first trial, that was the defense. This is all an act. She thought she was acting. She thought everybody was part of the show. Her boyfriend or lover was an actor. Is this still the defense for the round two?</s>CLAYPOOL: That`s not the cornerstone of our defense, Ashleigh. What our defense is that Dalia was pressured by the confidential informant, Mohamed Shihadeh. He was the confidential informant. He was pressuring her to go through and get videotaped with the undercover officer, Widy Jean, because he had been threatened and pressured by the Boynton Beach Police Department, unless he went through with this. Remember, Ashleigh, the first phone call made by the informant to the police station was, hey, I think this woman might want to hurt her husband, but it`s not a serious deal and I don`t think it`s a big deal and I don`t want to be involved. People don`t realize that.</s>BANFIELD: Jason, does that make sense to you?</s>BRODIE: Ashleigh, if this is at all true, tell me why when she was sitting in that interrogation room, they showed her Mike was alive, why at that point didn`t she say this was fake? Why at the time that she was going through all the interviews and making phone calls -- she made a phone call from jail to Michael. Why didn`t she say Michael, why don`t you tell them this is all fake. Why don`t we tell them? Why didn`t she during during the entire divorce case.</s>CLAYPOOL: Jason.</s>BRODIE: . we were representing Michael -- hang on a second, Brian. I`ll let you speak. Brian, stop. How come during the entire divorce case, right from involvement in this case from the beginning in 2009 did she never say this?</s>BANFIELD: I`m going to have to leave it there. I gave you both hearsay on this. But this is going to be litigated and there is going to be more coverage in it. I hope both of you will come back and talk to me about it.</s>CLAYPOOL: Thank you, Ashleigh.</s>BANFIELD: And I`m just glad no one is dead so I can laugh about the video. Because otherwise, that would be one real ugly tragedy. So thank you, guys. Appreciate it. Brian and Jason, thank you. Take care.</s>CLAYPOOL: Thanks, Ashleigh. Thank you. Have a good evening.</s>BANFIELD: You too. Hey, school is supposed to be a safe place, especially for kids with special needs. Especially when teachers are around watching over. But it looks like the exact opposite happened here. This is really unpleasant stuff, but you are going to find out what kind of justice exists for the little girl on the floor, with special needs, in a minute.