After the intermission of the trial, the witness appearance session began.
Tang Yili, as the most important witness, appeared in the finale.
"Ms. Tang, please first introduce how you met Townsend." The judge asked first.
Tang Yili glanced outside the field. Xun Lang's face was more serious than ever before, and his jawline was tightened into an arch.
She tried not to be nervous and answered.
"Professor Townsend and I have a teacher-student relationship."
"I enrolled in the program at the beginning of the year. The course included Professor Townsend's History of Clothing. We met in class. After he learned about my professional skills, he invited me to be his teaching assistant to assist him in teaching the undergraduate patternmaking course."
"Because he was a teacher, I went there once out of favor, but because the course content was too basic and I had already mastered it when I was an undergraduate, so I refused because it would not improve me personally as a teaching assistant.
Professor Townsend."
"Later, Professor Townsend was very unhappy. He came to me several times and threatened to expose my clothing history if I didn't become his teaching assistant."
"The conversations at that time were those recordings."
The sound of paper being turned was heard in the court, and the text version of the recording had been included in the files. Everyone followed Tang Yili's thoughts and checked the contents.
After the female judge asked a few more questions as usual, she expressed some doubts about what happened that night.
"Ms. Tang, can you describe in detail how Mr. Townsend forced you to do this?"
This reflects the role of privacy hearing. For this kind of case, telling the story is embarrassing and unspeakable for the parties involved.
The court suddenly became silent, and everyone looked at Tang Yili.
She also felt that there was always a gaze in the audience that she could not bear to bear.
Tang Yili simply ignored him and faced the judge without squinting.
The clear and beautiful voice came out gracefully, and Tang Yili said slowly.
"I followed Townsend's request and went to his apartment. He closed the door and asked me if I still wanted to pass the course. I said yes, and he asked me what price I could pay..."
Even though no actual harm was caused, Tang Yili still felt that the scene was a bit scary when he recalled it.
"I thought Townsend was going to offer to be a teaching assistant or something, so I thought forget it. In order not to fail the exam, I just agreed to it. Unexpectedly, when he nodded, he suddenly became excited, and then came over to pull me."
The sounds around her became quiet, and the walls of the courtroom seemed to be shaking, peeling off, and then collapsing. What was then revealed was her home in Jingyuan.
The cold and gorgeous decoration, the silent furniture, and a floor lamp standing on the other end of the sofa. The white lamp pole cover drew an arc and stretched to the middle of the room, just lighting up the angry eyes of the man.
He is looking at her.
Tang Yili paused unconsciously here, and the female judge asked: "Then what did he do to you?"
Tang Yili's face became numb, and her eyes gradually became empty. In her empty mind, the drafts prepared in advance and her past experiences gradually mixed together.
She shook her head, trying to get rid of the confusion, but she couldn't help but get caught up in it.
"He was angered by my rejection." Tang Yili's voice gradually became dry, "He came over and pulled my arm, dragged me to the sofa, and picked up a tie to tie my arms...
He said, leave if you want, you think the initiative is yours..."
Before that, the man said many things——
If you are talented, why is Yili Garment still losing money today? If you are ambitious, then whose money will your dream cost?
Look in the mirror and see for yourself. Apart from this face, which is your own, these fine clothes, and this identity, which one is not given to you by me?
Those words cut her heart open, still ringing in her ears, as if they happened just a second ago. He was as gentle as the spring breeze in the afternoon. He said to pay you for the porridge, but he could also change his face in an instant, asking you why you didn't look at yourself in the mirror.
Her love is divided, she can get endless favor, but she can't get any freedom.
Tang Yili is a bird, admiring the mountains, passing through the thin clouds, and trying hard to land on the top of the mountain. But after arriving, she found that the ground was covered with ice and snow, and this place was not suitable for her. But at this time, she had already lost
the sky.
She landed for love and folded her wings for love.
"Then what?" the female judge asked.
Tang Yili's thoughts were suddenly pulled back. She glanced blankly at the center of the court, only to realize that this was neither her home in Bei City nor the top of the snow-capped mountains she had imagined.
She quickly lowered her eyes and adjusted quickly, but her tone was still indescribably sad.
"...I struggled with all my strength. As soon as I got rid of the bonds, he spread my knees and pressed them down. At the same time, he pressed my waist with one hand and pulled my collar open with the other hand..."
"In the middle, no matter how I cried, he refused to let me go——"
At this time, Townsend's defendant's lawyer raised objections.
After getting permission from the female judge, he raised the question.
"There are two doubts in the witness's testimony. First, the sentence 'Leave if you want, you think you have the initiative' was not included in the recording; second, the witness just said that Townsend held her waist with one hand.
He pulled her collar with one hand. Everyone, my client is 54 years old and about the same height as the witness. With such a build, how can he subdue a young woman with one hand?"
“Please ask the court to consider the doubts here!”
Tang Yili was frightened. Only then did she realize that the process she described was not the time when she was entangled with Townsend. Her mind was running rapidly, trying to find an excuse to solve the problem, but before she could speak, Barrister Carl said
Faster professional response and the problem was solved immediately.
"First of all, it has been five months since the incident. The content of the conversation is a detail. It is not surprising that I can't remember it clearly. The presence or absence of this sentence does not affect this case."
"I don't think the second so-called doubt exists. Even if the defendant's age and stature do not have an absolute advantage, he is a man after all. At a certain moment, a man's physical strength is still overwhelming to a woman. According to the police
According to the investigation, Townsend was still taking drugs and was extremely excited at the time. It is not impossible for Townsend to subdue my witness with one hand."
Everyone looked at the defendant's lawyer again.
The defendant's lawyer continued to ask questions in response to Karl's defense. The two of them went back and forth, attracting everyone's attention.
Except Xun Lang.
His hatred for Townsend has always been strong and restrained. He is willing to wait for the court's ruling, and then release his anger on this basis, such as arranging some special "treatment" for him in prison.
He has some business dealings with the Paris municipal government and has some connections. It is not difficult to do this. Xun Lang originally had a similar plan in his heart, but the turning point happened just now.
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