Chapter 17 - The criminal case narrows
Prosecutors declined to treat all renovation disputes as criminal.
Good.
Contracts were complicated.
Some invoices arguably compensated legitimate services.
The cleanest charge involved:
Forgery/false instrument for the equity memorandum.
A second count alleged attempted fraud based on presenting the memo during a private legal consultation as evidence of my acknowledged interest grant.
But no lawsuit had yet been filed using it.
No deed recorded.
No bank deceived.
That affected severity.
Delphine was charged with:
One felony false-instrument/forgery-related count.
One misdemeanor or lower felony fraud-attempt count depending local statute.
She pleaded not guilty.
Civil divorce continued separately.
Then Aurelia? no, not relevant.
Presley was not called as a prosecution witness.
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Her pool behavior had little to do with document forgery.
Keeping children out of adult financial cases mattered.
