Chapter 19 - Celina’s Charges
The swing incident remained simple.
Witnesses.
Video from exterior security.
Ellie’s statement.
Physical bruising.
Celina faced charges related to assaulting a child.
The Halloran material produced separate legal disputes involving misuse of confidential information and the former contractor’s conduct.
Not every lie Celina told became criminal.
Important.
Being manipulative is not automatically a felony.
Pretending a dead woman respected you is not automatically a crime.
But assaulting an eight-year-old is real conduct.
So was using confidential materials in ways that crossed specific legal boundaries.
Celina eventually accepted a negotiated resolution.
Criminal penalties for the assault.
Protective orders.
No contact with Ellie.
Additional civil consequences regarding misuse of confidential materials.
No theatrical life sentence.
No disappearance.
No revenge from me.
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She went through the system.
That was enough.
