Chapter 20 - The charges against David
The assault case moved faster than the financial case.
Evidence included:
My injuries.
Medical records.
The old phone recording.
Emma’s independently obtained statement.
The emergency-call audio.
Photographs.
David’s attempt to shape my story immediately afterward.
Margaret’s shifting version.
David did not claim he never touched me.
Eventually he said he shoved me during an escalating argument and did not intend for me to fall badly.
That distinction mattered to charging and plea negotiations.
The financial case required more work.
Investigators had to determine which transfers were unauthorized beyond a reasonable doubt, not merely unfair within a marriage.
Some joint-card payments were excluded from the strongest criminal theory.
The business transfers were clearer.
So were certain transfers benefiting Margaret.
David eventually faced separate criminal and civil exposure for the assault and for financial conduct.
No attempted-murder charge.
He did not try to kill me.
No kidnapping charge from one wrist grab.
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No giant racketeering indictment.
Serious conduct did not need dramatic inflation.
