Chapter 4 - TRENT’S FIRST STORY
Trent’s attorney released a statement to the prosecutor.
No public media circus.
The Conti name attracted attention locally, but the foundation asked everyone to protect Mason’s privacy.
The statement said:
Trent had been using the landscaping rod to secure field markers.
True.
Mason entered a restricted memorial-display area after repeated instruction.
Partly true.
Mason had gone near the table.
Not roped off clearly.
Trent attempted to block or redirect him.
False according to video.
The rod made contact with Mason’s leg during a "swift corrective motion."
Language doing acrobatics.
The video from a catering tent showed Trent looking toward Mason, gripping the rod with both hands, and swinging horizontally at the lower leg.
No accidental brush.
No attempt to strike the ground.
Then the most interesting line:
Trent believed Mason was interfering with fragile archival materials belonging to the late Dominic Conti.
A football rolled under a table.
Even if Mason had grabbed the entire bag, steel was not archival preservation.
The prosecutor charged Trent initially with aggravated assault of a minor using an object capable of causing significant injury, plus child-endangerment-related conduct under the applicable statute.
No attempted murder.
No "Mafia justice" enhancement.
No fantasy.
A fractured fibula.
Intentional strike.
Seven-year-old victim.
Steel object.
Serious enough.
Patricia was not charged because she had not ordered the strike in the evidence then available.
Her comment was cruel.
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Cruelty is not always criminal.
The rest would depend on what she knew before it happened.
