Chapter 430
When the people watching the live-stream saw thewyer stand, all of them started ranting in the
comments.
"Thatwyer has no conscience! How can he help the Smiths in thiswsuit? Who knows how much
money the Smiths have given him?"
"I heard thatwyer has never lost any of his cases.He''s definitely gonna lose the one today, right?"
"Mr.Lawyer, can you have a bit of a conscience? How can you help the Smiths bully a weak and
helpless woman? I am so disappointed in you!"
"I hope thewyer dies together with his whole family!"
Hiry and her attorney next to her were also paying attention to the happenings online.
In addition, there were also people constantly keeping the judge up-to-date about the people''s
opinions.
After all, he had to take the people''s opinions into consideration, too.
The judge sighed when he heard that everyone was taking the intiff''s side.
It would probably be very difficult for the defendant to win the case this time! While he was thinking
about it, the defendant''s attorney said, "Your Honor, members of the jury.First of all, I would like to
exin the rtionship between my client and the intiff"
He walked out from behind the desk, looked at Hiry, and said, "ording to my investigations,
Mr.Joel Smith and Ms.Tanya Turner have been in love since they were in junior high, and their
rtionship continued even after they entered college.They are recognized by everyone as a model
couple.Mr.Smith and Ms.Turner''s ssmates can testify to this.The intiff will not deny this, right?"
Hiry narrowed her eyes.
Her attorney stood up and said, "That has nothing to do with the case.After all, a lot of people''s first
rtionships do notst.Does every spouse have to give way to their partner''s first love just because
they have returned? Be it true love or his inability to forget his previous lover, it is no reason or excuse
for Mr.Smith to cheat on and betray Ms .Jones!"
His answer was very well-worded.
A whole row of thumbs- ups appeared in thements.
"Thatwyer said it! No matter what, they have already broken up back then.To put it bluntly, even if
Jones was the third wheel in Turner and Smith''s rtionship back then, the two of them have already
had a child together.Tanya Turner shouldn''t havee back!"
"I''ve just imagined a big story about Turnering back for revenge!"
"Don''t say any more.Let''s listen to them instead.What if the reason for Turner and Smith''s breakup
back then wasn''t Jones?"
Almost at the same time thement appeared, the defendant''s attorney said, "Of course.My client
requested that I make this clear in the courtroom in front of the judge and everyone in the country
because he doesn''t want Ms.Turner to be called a third wheel"
The intiff''swyer couldn''t help butugh when he heard what he said.
He looked straight at the judge and said, "Objection, Your Honor.That has nothing to do with the
case.What we are here to talk about is Ms.Mia Smith'' s custody, and not who the real third wheel of
their rtionship is!"
Tanya, who was seated in the defendant''s dock, was surprised.
She turned and looked at Joel.
The two of them had agreed that they would immediatelyy out sufficient evidence at the beginning of
the trial, and change her status from the defendant to the intiff.
She hadn''t expected her attorney to actually walk out and say something like that.
Was Joel...trying to clear her name? The intiff''s attorney looked at the defendant''s attorney, as well
as Joel and Tanya who were seated in the dock.
He said, "Even if my client had been the third wheel in your rtionship back then, she did not break
thew! Moreover, she even gave birth to a daughter for Mr.Smith.As a mother, she has the right and
duty to raise her child!"
The defendant''s attorney looked straight at the judge.
"Your Honor, I mentioned the past because this case can no longer be looked at normally.Humans are
creatures of emotion.When everyone is censuring my client, I have the right to defend them.I ask the
court for permission to exin things clearly to everyone"’
The judge looked at Hiry, and then at Tanya and Joel.
Atst, he nodded.
"Permission granted."
The defendant''s attorney looked straight at Hiry.
"You were the third wheel in Mr.Smith and Ms.Turner''s rtionship back then.Do you admit to this?"
Hiry curled her lips disdainfully.
"They were just dating back then.It''s not like they were married, so you can''t say that I was the third
wheel at all! Mr.Smith and I were also really in love back then!"
"Is that so?"
The defendant''s attorney couldn''t help but smile.
"But as far as I know, even though you im that you have given birth to a daughter for Mr.Smith, the
two of you did not be engaged or hold a wedding.Moreover, Mr.Smith also signed an agreement
with you back then.The agreement says that once Ms.Mia Smith is five years old, Mr.Smith will
terminate his marriage agreement with you, and the two of you will regain your respective
freedom.ordingly, the Smiths will take care of the Joneses'' business during those five years.Once
the agreement is terminated, Ms.Mia Smith''s custody is to go to Mr.Smith.Therefore, can I interpret this
as a transaction, except that Ms.Jones intends to go back on her word?!"
Hiry was rendered speechless.
The people in support of Hiry in thements were also stunned.
For a while, they didn''t quite know what to say.
"In that case, it seems that the Smiths aren''t in the wrong? "But isn''t it too much to prevent the mother
from seeing her daughter?"
The intiff''s attorney stood up.
"The rtionship between a mother and her daughter cannot be described as a transaction.Ms.Jones
is not a surrogate mother! That agreement was illegal from the start! Besides, as Ms .Smith''s mother,
Ms.Jones has visitation rights!" He nced at Hiry.
Hiry immediately got the hint.
Before they came here, the two of them had already discussed how they should deal with the
agreement.Hiry immediately started to weep.
"Yes, that''s why I want to ask the court for help in mediation.It was my first time being a mother back
then.The Smiths are too powerful, so I had no other choice.But during thest five years where my
daughter and I were dependent on each other, we have already developed strong feelings for each
other.How can one control their own emotions? Your Honor, what kind of agreement can stop a mother
from seeing her own children?"
She then started to cry bitterly.
"Please, Mr.Smith, give me a way out! I''ve already fallen into depression because I can''t see my
daughter!"
The intiff''swyer immediately produced a diagnostic report for depression.
"This is my client''s diagnostic report.She misses her daughter too much.I hope the court can be
considerate toward her difficulties."
At the sight, everyone in thements suddenly started to sympathize with Hiry again.
"The Smiths are simply too cold-blooded! The richer people are, the more domineering they be!
They don'' t care for people''s feelings at all! How can they let the child grow up in a family like that?!"
"Exactly! It is not right to stop a mother from meeting her daughter! How can they do that?!"
"The Smiths are too much!"
"The child''s mother is already depressed.She''s so pitiful.She just wants to see her child, what''s so
wrong about that?"
"Who knows, maybe the Smiths had threatened her into signing the agreement back then!"
"My god, look at where the defendants are! Turner and Smith arepletely expressionless even
when they saw Jones crying so badly! They are so heartless! Capitalists are the worst!"
"Yes, they are too inhumane! The child may not understand anything right now, but she will hate them
once she grows up and realizes the truth!"
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Everyone''s words and the stances they took were conveyed to the judge.
The judge nced at the defendants.
They hadpletely lost the public''s support.
However, at the defendant''s dock, Tanya was still ring at Hiry furiously while Joel was
expressionless.
Even their attorney lookedpletely calm as if he was not moved by Hiry''s cries at all.
He lowered his gaze and asked, "The defendants, what else do you have to say?"
Joel and Tanya exchanged a look.
Tanya had a firm look in her eyes, but her eyes were gradually turning red.
Joel turned to the attorney and nodded at him.
Following the nod, the defendant''s attorney suddenly walked out from behind the desk and looked at
the judge.
"Your Honor, I have a piece of evidence I''d like to submit"
The judge nodded.The defendant''swyer handed over two documents.The judge was shocked when
he saw the documents, and his expression changed drastically.
He nced at Tanya with aplicated look in his eyes, and then looked at Hiry with a frown.
Disgust shed across his eyes.
In thements, everyone was specting.
"What evidence is that? It actually made the judge''s expression totally change”
"Oh no, the way he''s looking at Smith and Turner isn''t that cold anymore.Could it be that they didn''t
submit evidence but a check just now?"
"How can they bribe the judge so openly? They are too much!"
Hiry nced at thements out of the corner of her eye.
When she saw that all thements were siding with her, the corners of her lips curled up slightly.
However, it was at this moment that the defendant''s attorney slowly said, "Your Honor, members of the
jury.On behalf of my client Ms.Tanya Turner, I shall now file awsuit against Ms.Hiry Jones for
maliciously stealing Ms.Turner''s child five years ago!! This led to my client being separated from her
daughter for as long as five years.May thew impose the most severe sanction on Ms.Jones! I
demand that Ms.Jonespensate my client for emotional damages, as well as damages for material
losses incurred while searching for her daughter for thest five years!"
His words caused a furor to go through everyone!!