Chapter 11 - PRESTON’S PLEA
Preston did not go to trial.
Eight months later he entered a plea agreement.
He pleaded guilty to felony assault with a dangerous instrument under a reduced charging structure and a related coercive/unlawful-restraint count reflecting the locked room and attempt to force compliance around the agreement.
He admitted:
He intentionally swung the club in a manner that placed me in fear of serious injury.
He locked the door to prevent me from leaving during the confrontation.
He intended to intimidate me into changing my position on the Alignment Agreement.
He did not admit he intended to strike my head.
The prosecution did not need that admission for the plea.
His sentence included incarceration.
Measured in years.
Not life.
No theatrical fifty-year term.
No special Mafia enhancement because my surname attracted newspapers.
Then treatment requirements after release.
Domestic-violence intervention.
No contact with me.
No firearms? Depending law and felony, yes, legal restrictions followed.
Then his professional life.
Hale Infrastructure removed him from executive management.
Not because I ordered.
Board decision.
He retained economic interests subject to company governance and legal restrictions.
Warren objected.
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Lost the vote.
For the first time, Preston’s father could not define the consequence.
