Chapter 20 - THE ASSAULT
Karen faced a misdemeanor assault case for slapping and grabbing Emma.
No hospitalization.
No serious injury.
No dramatic prison sentence.
The prosecutor offered a plea involving assault-related conduct, parenting/anger-management programming, probation, and a no-contact order subject to family-court modification.
Karen initially refused.
Then the Thanksgiving video surfaced.
A cousin had recorded part of dinner.
Clear slap.
Clear grab.
Karen pleaded.
Emma did not testify live.
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Her statement had been documented through appropriate child-interview procedures.
She did not need to perform trauma for a courtroom.
