represented concealed income.
Some involved company funds.
Other transfers were so complex that lawyers debated their classification for months.
Julianne’s consulting business became part of the investigation.
She was never charged with the offenses David eventually admitted committing.
Her attorneys maintained that David had described every payment as legitimate.
I never tried deciding whether she was truthful.
That was her story.
Mine was already difficult enough.
David eventually accepted a plea agreement.
The proceedings lasted more than a year.
People imagine justice happening in one dramatic scene.
Handcuffs.
A verdict.
A sentence.
But it usually unfolds through meetings.
Documents.
Delays.
Attorneys.
Voicemails.
Forms.
Court dates postponed for months because of scheduling conflicts.
I’d learned more about paperwork than I ever wanted.
Our divorce ended before the criminal case.
Because my inheritance contribution to the house was documented, along with David’s financial misconduct, my attorneys protected far more than he anticipated.
