Chapter 22 - Delphine’s obstruction case
Federal and state prosecutors coordinated on the concealment investigation.
Evidence against Delphine:
North Vale payment authorizations.
Visitor logs.
Messages to facility administration emphasizing continued secrecy.
One email:
Do not permit outside family verification. There is an active safety threat.
No actual active threat assessment supported that statement at the time.
Another:
If she asks for a lawyer, route through me first.
That was worse.
And a message to her own counsel—not privileged where privilege did not apply? Better avoid legal messages. Use assistant.
To her executive assistant:
If Vivienne reconnects with Graves, everything Mother buried comes back with her.
Delphine pleaded guilty to:
One felony obstruction count tied to knowingly maintaining false information in the missing-person matter.
A second identity-related charge was dismissed.
Sentence:
Twenty-two months.
Partially consecutive to staircase sentence.
Total effective incarceration:
A little over two years after credits and structure.
May you like
Serious.
Not life.
