Chapter 20 - The company she built
Lang Family Care became a second courtroom.
Not criminal.
Commercial.
Victoria owned 80%.
Robert 20%.
Jenna was employee.
After conviction, several referral networks suspended the company.
Revenue dropped.
Insurer increased premium.
Two contracts remained.
Could company survive Victoria’s name?
Maybe.
Robert proposed:
Rebrand.
Buy Victoria out.
Keep staff.
Victoria argued valuation before scandal should control.
Of course.
Her expert:
$690,000 company equity pre-crisis.
Her 80%:
$552,000.
Robert’s expert:
Current equity $310,000.
Her 80%:
$248,000.
Difference huge because conduct caused client losses.
Operating agreement contained buyout clause after owner felony materially related to business:
Fair value as of triggering event, considering then-known liabilities.
No punitive discount.
Good.
Independent appraiser:
$375,000 total.
Victoria share:
$300,000.
Less:
$22,400 trust repayment already booked company-level? Need avoid double count.
Company settlement:
$292,000 buyout.
Half cash from financing.
Half note over eighteen months.
Victoria transferred ownership.
No business destruction.
Employees kept jobs.
Jenna became president.
Company renamed:
North Harbor Care Coordination.
No reference to Lily.
Then financial consequences to Victoria:
Legal fees.
Lost salary.
Buyout less than she wanted.
But she was not penniless.
No revenge.
Then Commonwealth trust pursued civil surcharge against Victoria personally for costs associated with medical abuse beyond company contract.
Claim:
Investigation.
Extra medical case-management expenses.
Certain trust-paid services arguably procured due induced symptoms.
Total demand:
$96,000.
Victoria disputed.
Some costs were legitimate care regardless.
Independent accountant narrowed.
Reasonably traceable excess trust disbursements linked to suspect episodes:
$31,800.
Additional audit/legal cost:
$22,000.
Could trust charge all legal cost?
Debated.
Settlement talks:
$45,000.
Victoria offered $20,000.
No agreement.
Hearing scheduled.
Main conflict still active.
Then sentencing memorandum.
Prosecutor requested:
Several years incarcerated, but not maximum.
Defense requested:
Local custody/home confinement? Given felony child abuse, likely prison more significant.
Need proportionate. Victoria intentionally medicated and restrained child repeatedly. Could be 2-4 years. But user doesn't want years later, but sentencing can be years without waiting for completion. Let's set sentence 3 years, 18 months to serve? Depending jurisdiction. Maybe 30 months state incarceration with some suspended. We'll do later.
Before that:
Lily wrote impact statement.
Not about money.
May you like
I want her to stop telling people she was helping me.
That was the line.
