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At the eleventh hour, he couldn't linger any longer. After a few hurried instructions, he dashed off to the hospital.

Upon realizing that Clara hadn't backed down, a wave of panic washed over Heidi's previously smug face. Her icy eyes glared at Clara with venomous intensity. She couldn't fathom how Clara could keep her wits about her and win this lawsuit while her father lay gravely ill.

Clara wiped away a tear and took a deep breath, steadying herself.

With a sympathetic look, Sasha handed her a glass of water and whispered reassurances, "Clara, don't worry. Mr. Casey will pull through."

Clara nodded faintly.

The trial resumed. Just when everyone expected Clara to falter, she fought like a lioness backed into a corner, growing fiercer as the battle waged on. Her sharp and precise words left the opposing counsel speechless on several occasions.

with her car's brakes, but she also proved Heidi had incited her fans to douse

opposing lawyer tried to leverage Heidi's supposed depression to mitigate the charges, Clara called upon Heidi's psychiatrist to the stand. The

In a fit of rage, she screamed in the courtroom,

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end, the court sentenced Heidi to ten years for multiple counts of incitement

as she said with chilling resolve, "Mr. Paolo, if I find out you had anything to do with my father's illness, you'll be the next

that, she gathered her belongings

trap he had so carefully set had failed to ensnare her, and now his own daughter was sentenced

"Dad, save me! I don't want to go to jail. They'll