Chapter 11 - High Priced Defense Attorneys Struggle With Absolute Proof
Inside a high-rise law office in downtown Manhattan, Claire’s newly hired defense team stared in shock at the evidence files.
Lead attorney Marcus Vance reviewed the unedited federal surveillance video playing on the high-definition monitor.
“There is no legal defense for this; the footage captures the push in crystal-clear high definition,” an associate muttered.
“Can we argue temporary insanity or claim the victim provoked her on the upper landing?” Marcus asked desperately.
“Provoked her? The victim was walking away when your client shoved her down a flight of marble stairs,” the associate replied.
Marcus rubbed his temples in mounting despair, realizing his retainer fee couldn't buy a miracle against federal video evidence.
The prosecution had also secured witness testimony from estate staff and Arthur Sterling himself.
Every legal loophole had been sealed shut by federal prosecutors determined to make an example of elite violence.
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Claire sat across the glass partition in the detention center, demanding to know why her defense team looked so defeated.
Marcus delivered the harsh truth without sugarcoating, telling her to prepare for a multi-year federal prison sentence.
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