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Giftos walked into the well, faced the jurors, and began, “Briana Hill is the victim here

“Marc Christopher is a liar, and his accusations are damned lies Even the video the prosecution produced is a lie, and in fact was a planned setup by Mr Christopher He designed the scene, directed it, and edited it by turning on the recording device after the discussion of the role-playing had been agreed upon This way, the vieould see only a staged sex gaue, it’s understandable that this entirely orchestrated drama would seem real

“As you have heard, Marc and Briana were coworkers They dated and had sex And when the flames cooled for Ms Hill and she let Marc know that she wanted to see other men, Mr C

hristopher becary And he came up with a scheme to hurt Ms Hill Why? Because my client had lost interest in him and he was in love with her—an attractive, wealthy, powerful young wo him

“Mr Christopher wasn’t just angry, he was determined to hurt her financially, destroy her reputation, and even send her to jail”

Giftos paused for effect, and when he was sure that the jury was dying for hiain, he did

Giftos said, “On the night in question, when they were in the restaurant bar, Mr Christopher told Ms Hill, and she will tell you, that he wanted to act out a rape scene with himself in the role of victim” Giftos proceeded to summarize the defense’s version of the criht she knew Mr Christopher and was intrigued by his proposition She had never role-played before He told her what to do, and as agreed, he would pretend to protest as she tied him up and made demands

“The ht date,” said Giftos, “Ms Hill went to the office, feeling that she’d betrayed herself by going along with Mr Christopher’s game; but she had no idea that she’d been played and was about to be victimized by his extortion scheme

“Mr Christopher asked her to go out with hiain several times, and when she refused, he went to her office and told her that he had recorded their sex play He wanted a payout of 250,000, or he would post the video on the web

“Ms Hill told hiet lost, and that’s when Mr Christopher took the video recording to the police

“Ms Hill was arrested and charged with a felony that she did not commit Mr Christopher’s premeditated extortion scheme cost my client her job and her reputation, and now she is forced to defend herself against the false testieful man

“Please Don’t let hiet aith it”

CHAPTER 79

BRIANA HILL, WEARING dark-gray jersey down to her boots, looked as vulnerable as a soaked kitten as she took the witness stand

Giftos took her through the events of October 11, and she responded with her version of the conversation in the bar in which Marc introduced the idea of the rape sex game and beyond