Chapter 9 - The Handcuff VerdictSix months later, the criminal trial of United States v. Grant Sterling and Vanessa Cole concluded at the Federal District Court.
The jury deliberated for less than two hours before returning a unanimous GUILTY verdict on all counts.
The federal judge delivered a scathing sentence from the bench:
âGrant Sterling, you abused your position of trust, exploited your wife, and engaged in sociopathic financial crime. Vanessa Cole, your cruel, calculated assault on a recovering patient displays a frightening lack of human empathy.â
Grant Sterling was sentenced to twenty-two years in federal prison.
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Vanessa Cole was sentenced to eighteen years in federal prison for grand felony conspiracy and assault.
As court marshals pulled them away in heavy iron chains, I sat in the front row of the gallery, my hair fully restyled into an exquisite, confident modern bob, holding Arthurâs hand in quiet triumph.
