My Mother’s Boyfriend Beat My Nine-Year-Old Brother With a Belt—Then a Stranger Called Our Kitchen Phone and Said, “Stay Away From the Kids”
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Chapter 22 - Sentencing
The judge considered:
Ethan’s age.
Use of a belt.
Manipulation of family conflict.
Financial motive.
Effort to create misleading evidence.
No prior felony record.
Guilty plea.
No permanent physical injury.
Gary received:
Five years.
Two suspended.
Three years to serve.
Followed by probation.
No contact with Ethan or me during supervision unless specifically authorized later.
He was ordered to complete:
Domestic-violence intervention.
Anger-management treatment.
Restitution for counseling and certain medical expenses.
His renovation company lost several contracts.
Not because Samuel secretly destroyed him.
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Clients left after the conviction.
Consequences are sometimes ordinary.
