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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. di...

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, ...

>> 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...

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 talkin...

First-degree murder. >> dalia was taken away. her family sobbing. and the following month, after a crushing victim impact statement from mike dippolito -- >> the girl tried killing me probably three or four times, handed me an iced tea with antifreeze in it, smiled at me. >> the judge sentenced dalia to 16 years in state prison. a month later she was back in court again, her lawyers arguing the trial wasn't valid because the testimony about dalia trying to poison her husband should never have been allowed. but by now, she was cooked. perhaps her last ray of hope for freedom will come in her la...