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On February 9, at the entrance of the Manhattan District Courthouse on Downtown Manhattan Main Street, countless media reporters gathered on the steps under the fourteen large pillars at the entrance to welcome the arrival of the tour.

Although the district court has prepared the largest hall for this case, it is obviously not enough to satisfy so many reporters. Most of these reporters were unable to enter, so they had to wait at the door to shoot some footage.

Originally, a case like this could have been applied for a closed trial, but neither Farcher nor Zhou You dared to offend the media at this time, and as for Lines, he could only come to court at this time.

At 8:40 a.m., the convoy arrived at the entrance of the courtroom on time, but before the reporters could find out which car the tour was in, as many as 50 majestic bodyguards had already quickly surrounded the car in the middle.

This time she appeared in court, only Yan Qingya did not come over with the children at home, she actually wanted to come over to see it, but this kind of case was a little inappropriate for a little girl to attend, so she resolutely left her in the hotel.

Zhou You was the first to get out of the car, followed by Yan Fangqing, Gracia, and Paris who followed him. Zhou You walked in front alone, and three women followed him with their hands together.

In addition to them, many friends who traveled around, including Adelson and Lu Wenlong, all made a special trip over. Barron wanted to come over, but he wasn't in good health and couldn't make it.

Perhaps the most nervous person on the scene is Mark Zuckerberg, who has just developed Facebook, and the majority shareholder is going to prison, and he has some worries about the future development of the company.

However, the company's specific affairs are rarely involved, and the staff he arranged also helped a lot in administrative management, and managed the company in an orderly manner, and they only need to find the most suitable development path for the company. Even if you travel to prison, the company's established policy will not change.

The bodyguards held hands and surrounded Zhou You in the middle, and after a while they walked to the top of the steps, Zhou You stood still, held his three wives together, and let the reporters take pictures.

After taking the photo, Zhou You took off his sunglasses, handed them to Paris, and walked into the hall first. The three women were a little out of control because of their emotions, their eyes were red, but they didn't take off their sunglasses.

At the reception desk, Zhou You signed his English name and Chinese name, and Sapiro helped Zhou You check in, retrieved a check for $15,000, and then entered the waiting room behind Hall 1.

Just as he was about to go in, Zhou You heard the movement coming from behind, and looked back, only to see that Jessica Lines had also arrived here under the leadership of two bailiffs.

Zhou You stopped and turned to look at her. After a month, Lines seemed to have gained a little weight, which made her even worse than Gracia's delicate face.

Seeing that Zhou You did not make any threatening movements, the bailiffs did not prevent the two from meeting. Zhou You didn't ask her why she did this, things had already come to this point, and it was too late to say anything. Instead, he smiled and said, "At first, I looked like you like Gràcia, but now I realize that you don't look like you at all." ”

Lines lowered his eyelids and whispered, "I am who I am, no one I imagined." ”

"yes, you'll never be as smart as she is."

She paused in her steps, but said nothing, and entered her room. And Zhou You also pushed open the door next to him, waiting to go to court.

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"Everybody turn off their phones or turn them on silent, and journalists, please turn off the flash on your cameras. Now that the court is in session, please remain quiet. Any act that affects the course of the trial will be considered a contempt of court and will be punished accordingly according to the seriousness of the act. ”

Zhou You glanced back at the three women sitting behind him and their relatives and friends, nodded silently, and then sat up straight. Next to him, there were six lawyers sitting in a row, compared to only three lawyers on Lines's side, which was much worse in momentum.

However, Sapiro's face was not good-looking, because the police prosecutor and the two lawyers opposite were also well-known in the profession. However, he has done so many actions, and Zhou You no longer uses conspiracy theories to overturn the case, and has reached a tacit understanding with the other party to a certain extent, so Sapiro believes that Zhou You's sentence will not be too severe.

Zhou You really can't fight with conspiracy theories, because in this way, he will uncover the dark curtain below and fight the other party endlessly.

In fact, during this period of time, although he has no definite evidence, he also vaguely knows who is going to deal with him. Whether it is a member of the parliament or a high-ranking official of the government, when they come to contact Zhou You, they all indirectly prove this.

They can't do anything about Zhou You's current situation, because now it's not a certain person, a certain force that wants to deal with Zhou You, but a few groups with the most real power in the United States who want to deal with him.

Therefore, it is okay to say that Zhou You directly accepted this punishment, if they are all involved because of this, it will lead to a full-scale confrontation.

Zhou You is not a government, in the final analysis, he is just a businessman, and this kind of all-out confrontation is very unfavorable to him, so now he can only accept it.

With this punishment that is not light or severe, after exposing this matter, you can cooperate in the future, and even be friends. This is the price that Zhou You must pay, otherwise, Zhou You will not be so honest, he has his own private jet, as long as the plane flies and runs back to Asia, the Americans have nothing to do with him.

Not to mention the mainland, even Spain, Colombia, any country, will ignore a sexual assault case in the United States, and the face of traveling around is still somewhat useful.

But in order to resolve the grudge, he can only accept the punishment honestly now and give them this face.

The prosecutor of the prosecutor's office began a lengthy prosecution, elaborating from beginning to end, and then made his own request. One is criminal liability and the other is civil liability.

Sapiro then refuted the loopholes in the other party's exposition, and the lawyers on both sides went back and forth, and after arguing with each other, they began to call witnesses. The service staff of the hotel, who had seen Zhou You's relationship with Lines, accurately retraced their past relationships in front of the judge.

Records of calls between them, contact several times, each time what is the person. Whether they were willing to be willing to each other, or whether it involved intimidation and threats, was picked up little by little.

Among these evidences, Zhou You actually has an advantage, because he and Lines do get along peacefully, and all kinds of evidence show that it is Lines who takes the initiative many times.

However, the other side was also prepared, they put aside all the problems, and even completely gave up the injury case of the injured journalist who was bought this time, and focused on Lines's injury and the fact that he turned from voluntary to reluctant after feeling the pain.

This is the main reason why Zhou You can't get rid of the crime, not to mention that it caused many bruises on Lines's body, even if it was not harmed, as long as Zhou You "forced" Lines, he was guilty.

However, the previous sympathy points are not useless, at least, the twelve jurors saw clearly the "facts" of a scheming woman who wanted to pester Zhou You in every possible way and retaliated after failing to achieve the desired goal.

The 12 jurors were approved by both the plaintiff and the defendant to serve as jurors, and they came from all walks of life in New York, and most of them were ordinary people. From the perspective of an ordinary person, they also saw that this was not a simple sexual assault, and there were different goals behind it.

Since both sides want to finish the matter as soon as possible, including the courtroom, the competition is fierce, but the progress is fast. By the time it was twelve o'clock in the afternoon, the entire case had been sorted out.

No one wanted to go to lunch at this time, and after a sensational closing argument, the judge and the twelve jurors went into the backroom to begin to summarize the verdict of the case. It was only at this time that the atmosphere in the hall became noisy.

If a case is tried so quickly, there must be a certain insider, but this is also what everyone is looking forward to. At this time, including the media, they are reluctant to give their opinions in this regard.

At 1:30 p.m., the judge and the twelve jurors returned to their seats, and the hall fell silent again. Everyone forgot about the hunger in their stomachs and waited for the judge's verdict.

"Colleagues on the defense side, colleagues on the prosecution side, Mr. Evan Zhou's family, Miss Lines's family. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Good afternoon, jury. Today, we experienced four hours like no other. We have always represented our respective interests. I, as a judge, need to make judgments on legal issues. We are also aware of our various roles in this case, and I am ready to embark on a journey towards fairness and justice. The final test of your service as a juror is not who you are, but the quality of the verdict and whether it reflects the impartiality we seek. ”

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"Now, all stand ......"

There was a thud of getting up in the hall, and everyone stood up, including the judge.

"The District Court for the District of Manhattan, New York, Judge Carlton Brandon, in the case of Miss Jessica Lines' sexual assault, after a full jury, rendered the following verdict. Defendant Evan Chow, convicted of assault. Miss Jessica Lines was supported by $1.5 million, and Mr. Evan Zhou was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment without bail for six months under Section 213(B)(C) of Title II of the Model Penal Code. ”

This result did not surprise them, because how long they were in prison can easily be judged according to the law. A year and a half in prison, in fact, only half a year in prison is enough, and this punishment is not heavy.

As soon as the results came out, everyone was boiling, of course, not because the verdict was light or heavy, but because those reporters wanted to get the information out as soon as possible.

Judge Brandon did not lose his temper and waited more than a minute before proceeding with the verdict. Zhou You was sentenced to serve his sentence in Elmira Prison, and Zhou You had learned about this prison in advance, although it was a public prison, but this prison was in Manhattan, and the conditions were quite good.

Obviously, the public prison also treats Zhou You as a fragrant bun and refuses to let the private prison snatch Zhou You away.

In the end, the judge asked Zhou You for his opinion, and Zhou You also pleaded guilty, did not appeal, and signed his name on the verdict.

Waiting for the judge to announce his retirement from the courtroom, Zhou You stood up, turned around and walked in front of his wives. Several women sat dozens of centimeters higher than where he stood, and there was a one-meter-high wooden wall.

Yan Fangqing's tears flowed all over her face, and she leaned down from behind the wooden fence and hugged Zhou You. Zhou You helped her wipe her tears. said: "In the recent period, I have focused on stability and taken care of the children. ”

In front of everyone, Zhou You gave her a long kiss, and then turned to face Paris, who was already holding his neck. "During the time I'm not outside, I'm not allowed to find a man to have a party, otherwise, I won't be able to spare you."

She also cried, hugged Zhou You's head and kissed it. "I'm not looking for other men, I miss you, I'll go to prison to accompany you."

In the end, Zhou You is confronted by a grim-looking Gracia, a chick who is still wearing sunglasses, apparently pretending to be cool. She bumped into Paris, hugged Zhou You, and kissed Zhou You directly on the mouth.

I enjoyed my trip at first, but then I felt a sharp pain. This crazy woman actually bit his lip all at once, but she still bit hard, and directly bit him and bled out.

Loosening Zhou You's lower lip, she pretended to be calm and said: "Don't look for women in the future, if you want to play, I will arrange countless women for you, and I guarantee that there will be no trouble." ”

Feeling the pain in the lower lip, the heart of Zhou You is warm. "You are not allowed to bully Paris, and discuss with Elizabeth when you encounter problems. When I come out, I'll make it up to you. ”

Countless reporters focused their cameras on a few of them, Zhou You rarely appeared with a few wives, and now I see that the three women get along very well, and they are not angry with him because of Zhou You's crimes, and they all admire Zhou You's ability to be a royal girl.

The two bailiffs followed Zhou You and waited until Zhou You finished saying goodbye to the three women before he said out loud: "Mr. Zhou, please cooperate with our work, in front of so many reporters, we can't let you stay here all the time." ”

Zhou You sucked his bitten and bleeding lip and nodded. He turned around and touched the faces of the three women and stretched out his hands. The older bailiff said, "There is no need to do this, we can go out and wear it again, I believe Mr. Zhou will not run away." ”

Zhou You also didn't want to be handcuffed in front of reporters, because the photos and videos would definitely be broadcast and published by the media, and he didn't want his children to see them.

"Let's go......" Zhou You waved his hand to his group of relatives and friends, and followed the two bailiffs to the special passage.

And at the exit of the special passage, Sánchez and Sapiro were already waiting there. "Boss, I have sent all the luggage to the prison vehicle, according to your requirements, the clothes are mainly comfortable, the bed sheets and quilts are mainly plain, and the prison has also promised to let you use your own bedding. Once you've gone to jail, I'll transfer $100,000 to your account. ”

Zhou You looked at the prison guards who were waiting respectfully on the side, they had completed the formalities with the bailiff and had been waiting quietly beside them. It really doesn't feel like I'm going to jail, but like I'm going on vacation.