The latest website: Lin Zidan hugged Li Manrui and coaxed him for a while. Andy and several other NYPDs had already gone upstairs for evidence collection, and now they were going to leave with Mike, just at this time Kyle also rushed over.

Lin Zidan supported Li Manrui and handed her over to Kyle.

"Kyle, take my mother to the hospital first, and I'll handle the rest."

Mike, who was pretending to be crazy, couldn't help but look up at Lin Zidan, who knew that Lin Zidan, who was staring at him, saw it.

"Looks like you just pretended, right? As a big man in the sky, reaching out to beat a woman, you can really do this kind of thing. I really look up to you for so many years!"

Lin Zidan was full of contempt and disgust.

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

Mike suddenly became excited.

"If I remember correctly, you were there the day your son died, I read it on the news,

Is it not your fault that you have a drug-addicting, alcoholic, and domestic-violent father like you?

Police gentlemen, the fact that he domestically abused my mother is very clear, and the hospital will report it tomorrow morning at the latest, so please the police can give my poor mother an explanation as soon as possible! "

Lin Zidan was very respectful to the police officers.

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

Andy nodded to Lin Zidan, then motioned to his colleague to **** Mike into the police car.

After the police car left, Lin Zidan stood on the side of the road for a long time, a little regretful that he hadn't noticed Mike's change earlier, otherwise Li Manrui would not have been beaten like this today.

Looking back at the villa, from the first time he stepped into it, he thought it was a temporary shelter, and now that he can't come back several times a year, he really feels more and more unfamiliar.

Especially after knowing the accidents that happened here again and again!

Lin Zidan thought of this, and immediately stepped 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 Zidan went to the living room to check around, and found that the whole living room was still very clean, and there was no trace of fighting, so everything should have happened upstairs.

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

He turned around and went to Mike's study. The drawer was open, but the gun was missing.

Lin Zidan searched around in the study, but there was nothing but the two magazines in the drawer. He pushed away the desk, which had been fixed by Mike for decades, and a small mechanism appeared immediately.

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

Lin Zidan was puzzled. He didn't know whether the gun was hidden by Mike or what was going on. He searched the entire study without finding any clues.

Lin Zidan called Emma and said that Li Manrui was ill, so she would not go back tonight. She would get home early tomorrow, so she would not delay her work, so she locked the door and drove to the hospital to see Li Manrui.

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

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Early the next morning, Lin Zidan asked Kyle to take Li Manrui's inspection report to the local police station, and copied a copy to take away. He wanted to find a litigator as soon as possible.

In the United States, any fight between husband and wife is considered domestic violence. Law enforcement agencies attach great importance to suspected cases of domestic violence and strictly enforce domestic violence crimes. Once there are signs of domestic violence, the police will immediately take enforcement action.

If the woman calls the police, often the man will be arrested for investigation. But in fact, if the police arrive at the scene and find one of them injured, they will immediately arrest the other.

The lawyer held a video conference with Lin Zidan that morning. After learning the whole story in detail, the experienced lawyer said that the facts of the crime were clear, so he could sue Mike for a felony of first-degree assault, or even sue him for murderous tendencies. .

However, domestic violence is different from ordinary criminal cases. Domestic violence cases belong to the category of public prosecution crimes, not simple domestic disputes. Once the domestic violence case is officially entered into the trial procedure, the local prosecutor will file a lawsuit against the defendant on behalf of the victim.

People arrested for domestic violence cases are usually detained for 1 to 3 days before appearing in court to wait for a judge to decide, and they can only be released on bail pending trial after paying a deposit of several thousand dollars.

Once a domestic violence case is established, the police can issue a protective order that does not allow the two parties involved to live together. When appearing in court, the judge will impose community service, fines, or receive emotional management courses, etc., depending on the circumstances, and will order the defendant not to approach the victim during the trial.

After this domestic violence incident, Li Manrui was resolutely unwilling to maintain the marriage with Mike, so she urged the police to impose 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 have little differences, they can directly divorce by agreement, which takes less time.

But if it involves property division and child custody issues, it's also quite troublesome..."

After meeting Li Manrui, the lawyer spoke bluntly.

"I'm going to divorce him anyway! Otherwise, my life and that of my daughter are not guaranteed at all!" Li Manrui said excitedly.

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

The lawyer responded immediately.

Because Li Manrui was injured in the waist, their court appearance was scheduled on the third day after the incident. Mike had been released on bail by his second son at this time. Li Manrui showed great fear in the court and resolutely refused to reconcile.

At the same time, the prosecution also found that Mike had a record of being arrested for domestic violence 20 years ago. At that time, it was probably before the divorce with Amanda. Because of his previous convictions and the obvious criminal facts, if there is no accident, he will be sentenced to one day. Class felony.

After listening to the prosecutor's report, Li Manrui and Lin Zidan, who was tracking the court appearance far away at home, were very happy, because the maximum penalty for a first-degree felony is five to twenty-five years in prison, plus a maximum fine of $5,000.

However, during the trial, the defendant's lawyer claimed that Michael's domestic violence against Li Manrui occurred while he was taking drugs.

And given that Mike has not experienced domestic violence in the past 20 years, and he has a good attitude of confession after sobering ~lightnovelpub.net~ This 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 of them has always been good, making Li Manrui so angry that he was speechless for a while.

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

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

When Lin Zidan received Kyle's call, he realized that the defense lawyer that Mike had hired was actually his good friend, lawyer David, and that Amanda and his second son, Leo, accompanied Mike.

Before Mike was escorted down, he kept saying sorry to Li Manrui, saying that he didn't do it on purpose, but when Li Manrui was in pain and disappointment,

Amanda, who was already fat enough to be unrecognizable, suddenly walked to her side and said with a smile, pulling the corners of her mouth:

"Do you understand now what is self-eating?"