Chapter 20 - Sentencing does not erase the real threats
Belladonna’s sentencing considered:
No prior criminal record.
Wealth/stability.
Intentional repeated conduct toward a four-year-old.
No severe physical injury.
Fabricated security threats causing police and private resources to be diverted.
Copied authorization.
Acceptance? She went to trial and maintained justification, though she acknowledged some wrongdoing.
Judge imposed:
Four months county custody.
Two months suspended.
Two months actual custody.
Two years supervised probation.
No caregiving authority over minors during probation except court-approved family circumstances.
No contact with Eira.
No security consulting/testing involving Eira or my household.
Restitution for certain public/private investigative costs tied directly to fabricated reports.
Amount:
$24,600.
Not millions.
Then Price Haven.
Still hers.
No forfeiture because property itself not criminal proceeds.
Atlas contract never executed.
No restitution for hypothetical profits.
Then I heard something I did not expect.
A genuine online threat against me had escalated.
Federal/local investigators identified a man who had posted violent statements and gathered public information about my businesses.
No evidence he had approached Eira.
Still.
Real.
Belladonna’s fabricated threats had consumed attention while genuine risk existed elsewhere.
That was one of the ugliest consequences.
False alarms do not merely lie.
They distort where people look.
Security team responded professionally.
No vigilante hunt.
Police and federal investigators handled the man.
He was arrested later on unrelated weapons/probation violations? Could be too much. Better authorities obtained protective order/investigated; no need criminal result. We adjusted security based on actual evidence.
Again:
May you like
Real danger.
Different solution.
