Chapter 6 - Vivian High Powered Lawyer Demands Emergency Bail
At eight o'clock the following morning, Vivian's criminal defense attorney, Arthur Pendelton, held a press conference outside the county courthouse. He claimed his client was the innocent victim of a manipulative corporate smear campaign launched by Ethan Blackwood.
"My client is a loving stepmother who was merely enforcing standard household discipline," Pendelton declared smoothly to the news cameras. He filed an emergency bail motion with the court, demanding Vivian’s immediate release pending trial.
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Inside the county jail holding cell, Vivian sat in her orange jumpsuit, her eyes narrowed with calculated, cold malice. She instructed her attorney to leak altered audio recordings to high-society blogs to destroy Ethan's public reputation.
She believed her influence in New York social circles would force Ethan to drop the criminal charges.
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