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A key player in a multi-county illegal gambling enterprise is expected to testify that he directly handed over an envelope of cash to the estranged wife of former Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez in 2022.

“This is for Marco,” Krishna Deokaran claims he told Robin Severance-Lopez.

The alleged handoff was part of an arrangement in which Lopez was paid in exchange for protecting an unauthorized casino in Kissimmee. Months earlier, Deokaran claims the couple toured the casino around the time of its opening.

If true, this latest revelation could complicate the defense of Severance-Lopez, who rejected a plea deal earlier this month after her lawyer claimed a conspiracy case against her linked to the broader racketeering prosecution of her hus

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