I don't think it was Dippolito they couldn't understand, it was the boyfriend. I agree with gemini2727, the State needs to put Mike on the stand so they can show Dippolito's character to the jury, run a smear campaign on her like they did Ross Harris. Mike met her as an escort, they partied together and then got married after six months. And he suspected her of trying to sabotage his probation and she had him sign over his house to her. Tell the background to their relationship.
The problem comes from the boyfriend, Mohamed Shihadeh who needs to drop the dumb thug speech pattern, although it won't help the video nor any transcripts because who the heck knows what he's saying. Maybe the State could ask him yes and no questions.
And there's still the problem of what was said in Chili's since the cops did seem to know what was said according to Shihadeh's testimony about Dippolito taking Mike a to go dinner, yet there's no recording. Did the recording device fail or what? Have the cops testify as to what was said although the State's cop testimonies need desperate work. Law enforcement work can be horribly demoralizing but that has to be set aside when that cop is testifying in a criminal case. That lead investigator needs his *** chewed out good for his lousy and unprofessional testimony. And that public information officer who is not a cop, the State needs to impress upon the jury she's just a publicity agent, not a cop even though they do employ her. If anything good can come from this particular trial, it's one they should show in law enforcement classes as to what comes from misuse of rules of evidence/protocol and piss poor testimony by law enforcement.
