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Chapter 510
As Judge Rackham and the prosecutor read the documents solemnly, the spectators all held their
breaths nervously.
Cordy's heart could leap out of her throat at this moment-even she was taken by surprise by the
sudden reversal.
All she knew was that John was innocent. She had no idea that the Stuarts were the ones who
committed the crime in the first place!
She suddenly remembered that time when she visited John at the detention center-how he smiled
confidently and told her that the Stuarts wouldn't have the strength to retaliate.
So, this was it.
It turns out that he had been staying with the Stuarts all this time...because he was gathering evidence
of their crimes.
And she had misunderstood his intentions all this while!
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtCordy turned her eyes to Sean, unable to think about anything else.
Right now, what she worried about was whether Sean would allow this trial to continue once it became
clear the Stuarts were involved.
Sean may have been unbiased before, but that was because the Stuarts were not involved.
The situation is clearly different now, and Cordy even caught Judge Rackham sliding glances at Sean
more than once, as if waiting for his decision.
Would the trial continue?
Nonetheless, the silence continued for over five minutes until Sean finally confirmed the veracity of the
evidence, and turned towards Toby. "The evidence that the defense counsel provided does indicate
affiliations between those accounts and Stuart Holdings. However, the fact that Stuart Holdings would
pin the crime on John Levine when they had not been implicated in any way makes the logic
debatable.”
While Sean didn't fully acknowledge the evidence produced by the defendant, it was obvious he had no
intention of ending the trial.
Judge Rackham understood that, and therefore did not call for an adjournment.
"There was another man speaking in the recording that was played just now," Toby reminded Sean.
Sean immediately retorted, "Unfortunately, the identity of the other man notwithstanding, I must
reiterate that the recording is too controversial and does not hold sway as court evidence."
"In that case, I would like permission to prove the veracity of the recording. Your Honor?"
Though Toby was speaking to Judge Rackham, Judge Rackham was glancing at Sean instead.
Seeing a nod from the man, Judge Rackham said, "Permission granted."
Toby played a video, projecting it at the large screen in the courtroom.
It was short, but the video quality was high and it was completely uncensored, baring the scandalous
scene for all to see and leaving every spectator in the courtroom gasping.
The voices in the video were identical with the voice recording just now as well, which was sufficient
proof that the other man had leverage against Wade Jonas, and succumbed to his threats.
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However...
"That is still too questionable to be acceptable as evidence," Sean said, once again hitting the nail on
the head. "You could have gotten the video, and inserted the recording after the fact. It still does not
verify the recording’s veracity entirely."
Everyone in the courtroom was impressed by Sean's keen insight
At this point, most people would be swept along by logical fallacies and jump straight to conclusions
instead of resisting it and considering the issue with cool rationality.
There was a reason the man was the best legal counsel, bar none.
"In that case, if I can prove that using compromising videos for blackmail is the modus operandi of
Stuart Holdings, would my recording hold sway?" Toby asked Sean in turn.
Sean wasn't about to fall for Toby's ploy, however. "That depends entirely on the evidence itself—if it is
solid."
"Thank you, Mr. Cranston," Toby said, and turned towards Judge Rakcham. "Your Honor, with your
permission, I would like to cross-examine one of the alleged victims, Fabian Locke.”
“Granted," Judge Rackham agreed to it immediately-he certainly was no pushover, not after he climbed
the hierarchy to reach where he was today.
Since Sean was going this far, it was obvious he wouldn't stop until this trial ended here and today.
And all Judge Rackham could do was play along.
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