WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Prosecutors are asking a Palm Beach County judge to revoke the bond of a Boynton Beach woman accused of hiring an undercover police officer to kill her husband.
A motion to revoke the bond of Dalia Dippolito was filed Monday.
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The move comes less than a week after Judge Glenn Kelley denied Dippolito's attempt to have her case dismissed. Kelley wrote in his ruling that Dippolito violated the terms of her house arrest when she traveled to Miami to conduct an interview for the ABC News show "20/20."
Assistant state attorney Craig Williams wrote in his motion that Dippolito is permitted to travel only to her attorney's Miami office "to prepare for trial."
"A search of the court file shows no court orders permitting (Dippolito) to travel to any location to appear on a television program," Williams wrote.
Last August, the judge granted Dippolito permission to visit attorney Mark Eiglarsh at his office, with the stipulation that her visits be limited to twice per month and during business hours. She was also required to notify her house arrest officer and specify the requested details of her travel plans.
Court records show that Dippolito made four visits on Sept. 4, Oct. 19, Nov. 5 and Nov. 16.
Williams said that Dippolito has made at least five separate requests to modify the conditions of her house arrest.
"The requests cover permission to travel to meet her attorneys, to work, to attend church, to attend family breakfast, to attend yoga classes, etc.," Williams wrote.
Williams said Dippolito "clearly knew about the filming of the '20/20' television program in advance of one of her four trips to Miami and chose to defy" the court's order.
The motion seeks to "revoke or increase" Dippolito's bond. Eiglarsh declined to comment.
Dippolito is accused of paying an undercover police officer, who was posing as a hit man, to kill her husband. The Boynton Beach Police Department staged a crime scene and recorded her reaction on the day her husband was supposed to be killed.
During a pretrial hearing last month, Dippolito testified that she was acting for a television show and wasn't really plotting to kill her husband. Her attorneys allege police misconduct.
The judge also issued an order to show cause last week as to why California attorney Brian Claypool should not be removed as Dippolito's co-counsel.
Kelley "has reason to believe that Mr. Claypool has violated the Florida Rules of Professional Conduct," he wrote in his order.
The order stems from Claypool's Feb. 23 post-hearing news conference outside the Palm Beach County courthouse.
"If the judge follows the sensational nature of those videos that you saw again today, if the judge follows the drama in those videos, if the judge feels pressure from the community, if he rules in that regard, then he's probably going to deny this motion," Claypool told the media after the most recent hearing.
Kelley wrote that Claypool's comments were made "with reckless disregard as to (their) truth or falsity."
Claypool is not licensed to practice in Florida but has been allowed to appear in court on Dippolito's behalf "pro hac vice," Latin for "for this one particular occasion."
The judge has ordered Dippolito's defense team -- Eiglarsh, Claypool and West Palm Beach attorney Greg Rosenfeld -- to attend a March 22 hearing about the issue.
Dippolito was arrested in August 2009. She was convicted of solicitation to commit first-degree murder in 2011 and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. However, the Fourth District Court of Appeal reversed the conviction in 2014. She is out of jail on $25,000 bond while awaiting her retrial, which is set to begin May 23.