Part 12: The Defense Unravels
On the third day of the trial, Daniel’s defense attorney attempted a desperate, final tactical maneuver on the courtroom floor.
He called a medical expert to the stand, trying to argue that Daniel’s aggressive behavior was a result of sudden prescription interaction.
"My client was under immense professional duress, experiencing an involuntary escalation due to metabolic imbalances—"
"An involuntary escalation doesn't forge corporate guarantees over an eighteen-month period, Counsel," the judge interrupted coldly.
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The courtroom fell into a thick, suffocating silence as the prosecution presented the digital timestamps from Daniel's secret ledger.
The data proved he had been logging into the shell company accounts minutes after every domestic argument we had ever had.
