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427. Chapter 427 You come and I go

"In recent reports, we have noticed a problem, a very serious problem. Many media have convicted Sean when they reported related content and have convicted Sean in their reports. I don't know when they became judges, but I know how the relevant laws stipulate that no one can convict another person before the court makes a judgment! Not to mention that the whole case is still under investigation!

I know you can give a lot of explanations, you will come up with many regulations to defend yourself, such as the First Amendment, but this won’t swim, I have a list in my hand, a list that is long enough, once the investigation is over, Sean is proven to be innocent - yes, we fully believe this - then we will sue one by one according to the list! Please find out the situation, this is a criminal case! Not a civil case!"

At a press conference jointly released with Kassel's lawyers, Frederick made such a statement without hesitation, waving documents on the spokesperson and threatening with great momentum, as if all the media below were enemies.

"When Sean Tang's agent threatened in anger at the press conference, we knew that they must have caught their painful feet. Obviously, his prospects were not optimistic, otherwise this method would not be used to divert attention." Some newspapers continued to laugh, but most of them were tabloids, and the slightly larger newspapers still restrained.

For example, the Chicago Tribune changed its tone: "The result is still under investigation, but Sean's biggest suspicion cannot be removed no matter what, and we will continue to pay attention to it."

Although the media still thinks that Sean is suspicious and uses this to attract attention, as Frederick said, this is a criminal case, not a civil case, and the words must be accurately used. Jackson's child case and Simpson's wife murder case are two best examples. Because the former is a civil case and involves minors, the prosecutor is protected by law and cannot be transparent. Therefore, the media can spread rumors and convict Jackson directly. Even the judge said before the trial that he must be guilty.

The case of Simpson's wife murder is different. Although many shameless tabloids accused him of being the murderer, they did not forget to add words such as "very likely" and "the biggest suspicion". More newspapers and media did not say anything to death. They basically followed their own opinions after detailed analysis, even if they had already determined that Simpson was the murderer in their hearts.

Of course, there are many factors that have been suppressed in the media. For example, the law firm is operating well. For example, at the press conference mentioned above, when Frederick came up to sing white faces, Kassel began to sing white faces.

"100% innocent," he said, "so far, urine tests have proved that Sean is not taking drugs, and we will collect more evidence to prove the police's mistakes."

Kassel is not a defense lawyer, he is just the head of the firm, but he is good at manipulating the media, attracting their eyes to himself, showing the media what they want to see, guiding their thinking, and letting them follow his rhythm. What's more, Sean has strong support, he is much richer than Simpson, and he has his own publicity channels.

Yes, it is Facebook and YouTube that he bought not long ago. Under the planning of the law firm, Sean first wrote a short message and appeal on his Facebook homepage in a sincere tone, and then YouTube uploaded a video of the same content. With Kassel's advice, he was very careful, did not attack the police or the media, nor did he defend himself, but repeatedly expressed his hope that everyone would make a judgment after the investigation was over.

This made Facebook and YouTube crazy clicks. Facebook is fine. Now it has more than 5 million active users, and there is no shortage of such a click. But for YouTube, Sean's confession short video became the first video with more than one million views. With these communication channels that are not occupied by malicious media, and finally there are newspapers with neutral attitudes like the San Francisco Chronicle, the firm works well. For example, a newspaper used to find the victim's family disgustingly, a woman weighing 200 pounds, crying in front of the camera for her dead husband, proclaiming how kind and popular her dead husband is.

The public perception of this kind of thing is generally biased towards the victim's family. After she performed this way, she naturally received more sympathy, even if what she said was inconsistent with the facts. According to the investigation by Sean and the law firm, the husband she died was a drunkard. He had been called to the police for domestic violence before, and a good husband and a good father were not considered a good person.

However, this does not prevent women from performing in front of the camera. The media also likes to report on this. As long as it attracts attention, there is nothing they dare not do. But Sean did not refute it immediately, and even secretly contributed to the flames, exaggerating how beautiful and peaceful their family was, what kind of losses did the sudden car accident cause to them, etc.

At first, she was just a little exaggerated, and she would exaggerate and write whatever she wanted after the matter was hyped up. The woman was not smart enough, and no one could give me advice. She would only focus on using this opportunity to gain sympathy and fame to make money. Gradually, after reading too much of these news, the public finally began to become suspicious and nauseous, so she threw out her family situation at this time. Although she would not have the mark of a liar on that woman, it was enough to disgust many people who sympathized with her before.

During this process, the media cooperated quite well. It was their long-term job to pick someone up and then stomp them down. As long as it could increase the sales of newspapers or the click-through rate of the website.

Of course, it is also fortunate that the family is not black, otherwise this trick would not be so useful if it was labeled as racist.

In short, because of all these reasons, and he is usually well-known in the circle, Mark Wahlberg, George Clooney, Bruce Willis, or Anthony Mingla, Martin Scorsese all said on various occasions that he would wait until the police investigation results or the court's verdict was released before he could draw a conclusion. Before that, according to the spirit of being guilty, he should not have any biased eyes on Sean.

In fact, these are more or less routine, but it is already very good that they can remain neutral at this time and even have a little bias towards him.

But it’s not that no one has spoken out loud. James Frank said that if he had sex with such a thing, he would definitely surrender.

Sean searched in his mind for a long time before recalling that when he was soaking Kirsten Dunst by his side, he ignored such a small role, and even DiCaprio and Affleck didn't say anything.

He previously recommended DiCaprio to play the male lead in "The Walker of the Stroke" and agreed to Wahlberg's recommendation Matt Damon to play another male lead, so they shut up at this time. Whether DiCaprio or Affleck, they had not yet had the skin to get the benefits and turned against each other. However, I believe they must be secretly happy and even hoped that he would be convicted and imprisoned.

But in any case, Sean was not besieged by the media like Jackson, which allowed him and his lawyers to grasp the situation, but the final result depends on what happened later.

"To be honest, Adam, we have an advantage." Indeed, prosecutor Thomas Anderson stood condescendingly while he was standing there.

"Oh? Did you say you couldn't take a photo of someone's surveillance camera in the parking lot, or did you see the driver's witness clearly?" Adam Kassel kept smiling and didn't seem to care at all, "Put your stuff away, Anderson."

"I know, you have urine tests and Santa Monica Branch's loss registration form, but so far, no one has proved that your client was there for a night," Anderson raised his eyebrows, "We have more evidence."

He said, leaning down: "Tell your client that if he is willing to commit a plea deal, I promise he will only have to stay in jail for three years at most."

"I'm sorry, my client is innocent," Kassel shrugged and stood up, "Okay, that's all for today's meeting, everything is left to the jury."

After the meeting with the prosecution as a representative, Kassel, who walked out of the building, frowned slightly, and the confident smile that had been full of past was gone.

"Hey, John," Frederick, who was waiting outside, came over immediately, "How is the situation?"

"A bad news and good news, which one should I listen to first?" Kassel immediately returned to his previous appearance.

"Bad news." The agent chose one casually.

"The bad news is that the case can only be resolved in court now. We must immediately start to select jury and adjust strategies, so that the other party cannot gain an advantage," Kassel said.

"What about good news?" Frederick asked again.

"The evidence in Anderson's hands has not increased much, it is still indirect evidence. Whoever can convince the jury in court will win." The lawyer said quickly.

"What's your countermeasure?" Frederick continued.

"Prove that Sean could not return to Santa Monica from Huntington Parker District within four hours without anyone noticing it and seeing it, proving that the drunkard was in violation of traffic first." Cassel came to his car.

"How much is our chance of winning?" After pondering for a while, the agent finally asked this question.

"It's hard to say that anything can happen during court debate, and our evidence is also only indirect evidence. The urine test results can prove that Sean did not take drugs, but it cannot prove that he did not hide drugs." The lawyer who got into the car stretched out his head, "I personally recommend that you, Rogers, try your best to find witnesses in Santa Monica."

"I get it." Frederick exhaled, and then smiled bitterly before picking up the phone after watching the lawyer's car disappear.
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