Lin Zitan hugged Li Manrui for a while, Andy and several other NYPDs had already gone upstairs to collect evidence, and they were about to leave with Mike at this time, just at this time Kyle also rushed over.

Lin Zitan helped Li Manrui and handed her over to Kyle.

"Kyle, you take my mom to the hospital first, and I'll take care of the rest. ”

Mike, who was originally pretending to be crazy, couldn't help but raise his eyes and glance at Lin Zitan, who knew that Lin Zitan, who was staring at him closely, saw it.

"It seems that you were all pretending just now, right? As a big man who stands up to the sky, stretching out his hand to beat a woman, you really did this kind of thing, I really look down on you for so many years!"

Lin Zitan was full of contempt and disgust.

"It's not because of you, it's all because of you! You killed my son, you killed William!"

Mike suddenly became excited.

"If I'm not mistaken, you were there on the day your son died, I still saw it on the news,

With a father like you who is addicted to drugs, alcoholism, and domestic violence, isn't it your fault that he follows and learns?

Gentlemen policemen, the fact that he abused my mother is very clear, and the hospital will report it by tomorrow morning at the latest, so please let the police give an explanation to my poor mother as soon as possible!"

Lin Zitan said very respectfully to a few policemen.

"Domestic violence is a criminal offense, don't worry, we won't tolerate it!"

Andy nodded to Lin Zitan, and motioned for his colleague to escort Mike into the police car.

After the police car left, Lin Zitan stood on the side of the road for a long time, regretting that he hadn't noticed the change in Mike earlier, otherwise Li Manrui would not have been beaten so badly today.

Looking back at this villa, from the first time he stepped into this place and thought it was a temporary shelter, to now he can't come back a few times a year, he really feels more and more strange.

Especially after knowing that there have been accidents here again and again!

Lin Zitan thought of this, and immediately quickened his pace and walked back to the villa, he remembered that there was a gun in Mike's study,

Fortunately, the police came in time tonight, otherwise he might not have seen Li Manrui!

Lin Zitan walked to the living room and looked around, and found that the entire living room was still very clean, and there was no trace of a fight, so everything should have happened upstairs.

When I walked to the second floor, I saw that the master bedroom was really in a mess, with fragments of iPads, Li Manrui's cosmetics, and Mike's wine bottle, but there was no gun.

He turned back to Mike's study, where the drawer was open, but the gun was missing.

Lin Zitan searched around in the study, except for the two magazines in the drawer, there was nothing, he pushed away the desk that had been fixed by Mike for decades, and a small mechanism was immediately revealed,

After opening the mechanism, I saw that there were four or five pistols of different sizes and a bunch of bullet clips hidden inside, but each box was intact, there was no trace of use, and the only one that was lost did not match these!

Lin Zi was puzzled, he didn't know if the gun was hidden by Mike, or what was going on, he searched the entire study and found no clues.

Lin Zitan called Emma and said that Li Manrui was sick, so she wouldn't go back tonight, and she would get home early tomorrow morning, so she wouldn't delay her from going to work, so she locked the door and drove to the hospital to see Li Manrui.

Mike's pistols were also wrapped in a black canvas and thrown into his trunk.

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Early the next morning, Lin Zitan asked Kyle to take Li Manrui's inspection report to the local police station, and made a copy to take it away, and he wanted to find a litigation lawyer as soon as possible.

In the United States, as long as a husband and wife fight, it is considered domestic violence. Law enforcement agencies attach great importance to suspected cases of domestic violence, and take strict enforcement action against domestic violence crimes, and will take immediate enforcement action if there are signs of domestic violence.

If the woman reports to the police, the man is often arrested and investigated. But in fact, when the police arrive at the scene and find that one of them is injured, they will immediately arrest the other party, and sometimes the police may arrest both husband and wife if they find that both husband and wife are injured and blame each other.

The lawyer had a video conference with Lin that morning to learn more about the whole situation, and the experienced lawyer said that the facts of the crime were clear, so he could be charged with Mike for a felony of first-degree assault, and even with murderous tendencies.

However, domestic violence is different from ordinary criminal cases, domestic violence cases belong to the scope of public prosecution, not simple family disputes, once the domestic violence case is formally entered into the trial procedure, the district prosecutor will file a lawsuit against the defendant on behalf of the victim.

People arrested in domestic violence cases are generally detained for one to three days before waiting for a judge to issue a deposit, and a deposit of several thousand dollars is required to be released on bail.

Once a domestic violence case is established, the police can issue a protective order that does not allow the parties involved to live together. Depending on the circumstances, the judge will impose a fine on community service, a fine or an emotion management course, etc., and will order the defendant not to approach the injured party during the trial.

After this domestic violence incident, Li Manrui was resolutely unwilling to maintain this marriage with Mike, so she strongly asked the police to give a heavy sentence and applied for divorce proceedings at the same time.

"Domestic violence cases are different from divorce proceedings, divorce includes divorce by agreement and divorce by litigation, if the two parties do not have much disagreement, they can directly divorce by agreement, which takes less time.

But when it comes to the division of property and the custody of children, it is also quite troublesome......"

After the lawyer met Li Manrui, he said bluntly.

"I have to divorce him no matter what! Otherwise, the safety of my life and the safety of my daughter is not guaranteed at all!" Li Manrui said excitedly.

"When the domestic violence case is over, you can file for divorce proceedings, and I will introduce you to the best divorce lawyers. “

The lawyer replied immediately.

Because Li Manrui was injured in the waist, so their court time was scheduled to be arranged on the third day after the incident, Mike had been released on bail by his second son at this time, and Li Manrui was very frightened in court and resolutely refused to reconcile.

At the same time, the prosecution also found that Mike had a record of domestic violence arrested 20 years ago, probably before the divorce with Amanda, because of his criminal record and obvious criminal facts, if nothing else, he will be sentenced to a first-degree felony.

Originally, after listening to the prosecutor's report, Li Manrui and Lin Zitan, who were following the court process at home, were very happy, because the maximum penalty for a first-degree felony can be five to 25 years in prison, with a fine of up to $5,000.

However, during the trial, the defense lawyer claimed that Mike's domestic violence against Li Manrui occurred in a state of drug use.

And in view of the fact that Mike has not had domestic violence in the past 20 years, and his guilty plea is good after sobering, it is the first time in 20 years that a similar domestic violence incident has occurred, and the judge is asked to give a light sentence.

and listed a lot of evidence that the relationship between the two couples has always been good, which made Li Manrui so angry that he was speechless for a while.

In the end, Mike was given a lenient sentence from a first-degree felony to a third-degree assault misdemeanor, with a heavier penalty of one year in prison and a $1,000 fine.

"No, it's not fair! I'm going to continue to appeal!" Li Manrui said excitedly.

When Lin Zitan received a call from Kyle, he learned that the defense lawyer invited by Mike turned out to be his good friend Attorney David, and that accompanying Mike was Amanda and his second son Leo.

Before being escorted down, Mike kept saying sorry to Li Manrui, saying that he didn't mean it, and when Li Manrui was in pain and disappointment,

Amanda, who was already so fat that people couldn't recognize her, suddenly walked up to her side and pulled the corners of her mouth and said with a smile:

"Do you now understand what self-inflicted evil means?"