Chapter 19 - The criminal cases
Judith was charged first.
The prosecution initially filed a serious assault charge based on the staircase, my fracture, Beth’s eyewitness account, Judith’s words, and her changing statements.
The final resolution came almost eleven months later.
Judith accepted a plea to a felony assault/reckless-endangerment-related offense reflecting intentional physical force creating substantial risk of serious injury.
She admitted:
She was angry.
She placed both hands on me.
She used force.
She knew I was at the staircase.
She did not admit intending to send me down the full flight.
The state did not need to pretend otherwise.
Her sentence:
A custodial period measured in months.
A larger suspended portion.
Probation.
Anger-management treatment.
No direct contact with me.
Restitution for uninsured medical costs attributable to the fall.
No decades in prison.
No attempted murder.
Enough.
Graham faced a separate case involving the prior garage incident after investigators developed evidence.
The statute and injury evidence supported a misdemeanor domestic-violence/assault resolution rather than a dramatic felony.
He admitted:
He grabbed me.
I attempted to disengage.
He pushed me.
I struck the shelving.
He knew I was in pain afterward.
He did not seek medical care for me or encourage it strongly enough.
His text to Judith corroborated.
Outcome:
Probation.
Domestic-violence intervention program.
Community service.
No jail beyond a brief processing period.
The bedroom wrist incident was considered as pattern/context but not separately inflated when proof of exact mechanics was weaker.
His triage lie did not become a giant obstruction conviction.
It mattered evidentially and morally.
Not every lie in a hospital is a separate felony.
May you like
Accuracy.
Again.
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