My Cousin Slapped My Eight-Year-Old Daughter and Said Our Family Never Needed a Girl—Then She Told Me to Ask Why My Father “Changed the Heir”
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Chapter 13 - Octavia’s assault case
The gala footage made the battery case simple.
Octavia:
Knocked Betsy’s plate away.
Grabbed her.
Slapped her.
One strike.
No serious injury.
No prior violent record.
She pleaded no contest to misdemeanor child battery.
Sentence:
Twelve months probation.
Anger-management counseling.
Community service.
No unsupervised contact with Betsy during probation.
Restitution for counseling and medical expenses not otherwise covered.
No jail for the slap alone.
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The judge did not sentence Octavia based on family mythology.
Good.
