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“I don’t know,” said Christopher “I’m pretty sure they dated They see chill”

“There’s no record of hi to Sex Crimes”

“No, I don’t think he talked to them or anyone I would have heard”

“Paul Yates,” Yuki said “I’ll get in touch with hi”

His sot into the elevator car

Yuki stood in place as the doors closed, then headed back to her office She wasn’t confident that Marc would hang tough, and she couldn’t blame him In his place, she would feel conflict and fear, too But the key facts in the case against Briana Hill were incontrovertible: Marc had recorded the rape, and Briana always carried a gun Marc’s testi those facts to life for the jurors

CHAPTER 4

TWO DAYS AFTER her last ot a call from James Giftos, Briana Hill’s defense attorney

“Ms Castellano James Giftos here My client wants to speak with you By chance do you have a gap in your schedule sometime this week?”

“Oh? What’s this about?”

Yuki’s laptop was open and she begannotes as Giftos spoke

He said, “Ms Castellano, uh, Yuki—my client wants to tell you her side of the story She hopes that when you hear what really happened, you’ll see that Mr Christopher’s allegations have no basis in fact She’s willing to apologize if there’s been a , and then, she hopes, Marc can drop the drao on with their lives”

So Jaree Ms Hill would attempt to convince Yuki that she should drop the case because of insufficient evidence

The rules of engagement for these intervieere clear Briana Hill and her attorney would come to Yuki’s office, where Hill would be sworn in, then submit to Yuki’s questions, her answers transcribed by a court reporter Hill would not be allowed to invoke the Fifth Amendment, and most importantly for Yuki’s purposes, if the DA decided to proceed with the case, nothing Hill said could be used against her in the grand jury hearing or at trial

However, and it was a big however, if Hill took the stand and her testimony differed from what she’d told Yuki under oath, all bets would be off Her fored, and Yuki could use anything she’d said in her proffer interview against her