American Scandal King

Chapter 166 Court Trial (Part )

Generally speaking, witnesses and defendants cannot communicate directly with each other.

But the judge can mediate, and such dialogue is possible when necessary.

So Easterbrook was called up again.

Ian Carr stood in the dock, looked at the young black man, and said with a smile: "Mr. Brooke, I heard your accusation just now. With the judge's permission, I will ask you a few questions. If you feel it is inappropriate, I can also ask you through my defense lawyer."

Brooke shook her head slightly: "Ask."

Ian nodded: "Who arranged for you to come?"

The prosecutor shouted, "Objection! The defense is trying to induce the witness!"

The judge banged the gavel: "The objection is valid, defendant, you cannot ask questions like that."

Ian shrugged. "Okay, let me put it this way. Mr. Brooke, you said that after you entered the room, you saw that all five girls were untied, but Officer Catherine was not. Assuming that what you said is true, then why? Why did I kill so many people and save those girls but not untie Officer Catherine?"

Brooke shrugged. "How should I know? Maybe you don't like her."

"And then I report afterwards and call a female police officer I don't like a hero?"

Brooke: "..."

The audience laughed again.

This is indeed unreasonable.

Brooke cried, "I remember now. You seemed to have said you wanted to give her a choice..."

He didn't say anything else, his mind suddenly trembled, and he looked at Ian.

He saw a strange light flashing in Ian's eyes, and the next moment he found himself in an open area.

The surroundings were desolate and there were corpses everywhere.

Ian Carr was standing right in front of him, holding a gun pointed at him.

Easterbrook was horrified and yelled, "No!"

Ian pointed his gun at Easterbrook: "Why did you frame me?"

"Why are you framing me?"

"Why are you framing me?"

"Why are you framing me?"

The sound echoed madly in his ears.

The black guy yelled, "I don't have it!"

The next moment, an intense pain erupted in his body. He could no longer bear it and let out a shrill wail.

However, in this empty world, his wailing received no response at all.

Then he saw that he was nailed to a cross.

Pain blossomed from every part of his body.

Ian Carl in front of him was like a devil, holding a long whip and whipping him madly.

"No! Help me!" he wailed.

"Why did you frame me?" Ian Carr's voice was like the devil's whisper.

Easterbrook couldn't bear it anymore: "They gave me money, 100,000 yuan."

"who is it?"

"A man named Courtman, I don't know his specific identity!"

"For a hundred thousand, you're going to die? You're really cheap!"

"I know I was wrong!" Easterbrook wailed.

The horrific torture of the illusion space continued to fall, and the poor guy suffered day and night suffering.

Ian Carr ravaged him like a devil, causing him great pain.

His spirit completely collapsed at this moment, and he wailed: "Let me go, I will say whatever you want me to say! I lied, someone paid me to frame Ian Karl!"

This time it was no longer a response from the illusion space, but a roar directly in the court.

Hearing this, everyone was shocked.

Kreps was even more surprised and delighted.

He really did it!

Ian Karl really did it, he could actually make this bastard change his confession on the spot?
How did you do it?
But it doesn’t matter anymore. What matters is that Ian Carr can do everything he promised!
The prosecuting lawyer was also stunned.

He had thought of every possibility, but he never expected that the most important witness would change his testimony at this time.

All the preparations were in vain! It's all meaningless.

Even the judge looked at Easterbrook in surprise: "Do you know what you are talking about?"

Easterbrook held his head and wailed: "A man named Courtman gave me one hundred thousand dollars to let me testify that Ian Carr had committed murder!"

There was an uproar.

The defense lawyer shouted, "Your Honor, did you hear what the witness said? The witness admitted that he had committed perjury. This is all a frame-up against my client!"

The entire courtroom was instantly filled with noise until the gavel struck.

Several people sitting in the gallery looked at this scene in astonishment.

what happened?
How could this be?
What on earth did Ian Karl do to make that kid change his confession on the spot?

………………

The most important witness's retraction of his testimony made the trial meaningless, and soon the trial ended.

After another round of routine questioning, the judge banged the gavel and said, "Mr. Easterbrook has falsely accused Ian Carr. We will make a separate judgment on your actions. This court now declares that Mr. Ian Carr is not guilty."

"Yeah!" All of Ian's supporters cheered.

Ian glanced at Brooke coldly, endured the pain in his eyes, and infused another will into him.

Two bailiffs came forward to escort Brook, who walked away as if he had lost his parents.

Suddenly he struck out and grabbed the bailiff's gun.

This sudden scene shocked everyone.

Ian suddenly rushed out, using his body to block Jessica and the other girls, and shouted, "Get down!"

Like a hen protecting her calves, she held the girls tightly in her arms, forming a stark contrast to the crowd around her who were scattered in fear.

At the same time, Brook pointed his gun at everyone, and the black guy yelled loudly: "Don't come over here! No one come over here!"

Everyone stopped at the same time.

Ian looked at the girls and glared at Easterbrook: "Mr. Brook, do you know what you are doing? Come at me if you have the guts!"

His eyes continued to flicker.

Brooke looked at Ian desperately: "I know I was wrong...Don't involve my family, okay?"

Ian said in a low voice: "I'm not a gangster. I don't do those things."

So Brooke smiled sadly: "Thank you."

He suddenly put the gun to his chin and pulled the trigger.

boom!
Gunshots.

Easterbrook fell down in the pool of blood.

"You bastard!" Kreps stood up angrily with his crutches.

This bastard got it right. I was planning to torture him.

He almost got everyone killed!

Only Jessica and others looked at Ian infatuatedly.

The girls said in unison, "You protected us again, Ian!"

They didn't know how Ian Carr did it, and they didn't care.

They only knew that Ian would always fulfill his promises and would always stand up to protect them in the most dangerous moments.

That’s enough to know!
Ian looked at the five girls with a smile, tears of "sympathy and pity" streaming from his left eye.

Then he opened his arms and embraced the girls: "I'm sorry that you all came here and went through this again because of me."

The girls laughed and shook their heads together: "No, this is a good thing!"

Amanda and Helen Berry had been urged to go home, but were called back because of this case.

Now that he was proven innocent, it was natural for him to stay for a while and be happy with Ian.

The way they looked at Ian was full of hope and desire.

So Ian took the girls and left the court. As for this mess, it had nothing to do with them anymore.

Walk out of the court.

A large number of reporters have gathered around.

They were also watching the live broadcast and shouted, "Mr. Karl, how did you manage to get Brook to change his confession? Was it because you gave him money?"

Ian replied seriously, "You can check Brooke and his family's accounts to see if I gave them a penny. Carl Media Group is committed to getting the truth. We will never give in to criminals, nor will we give a penny to those blackmailing bastards. We will never be in cahoots with criminals!"

Not far away, Kreps listened, shook his head and smiled.

You are correct, Mr. Carl.

You don't work with criminals, you lead them!
Then he left in style.

After responding to this, Ian took the girls away.

In the car he received a call from James Pelley.

James Pelley laughed. "You've put on a good show, Ian Carr. You always make good news out of everything you do!"

Ian smiled and said, "A media tycoon being falsely accused and recanting his confession in court is a good plot, but it's still no match for murder in court... Good news must have a twist, blood and violence, and a hero saving a beautiful woman... I believe CBS will make good use of this good news."

We have produced a lot of news this year, but this is the first truly original and breaking news.

As for Drive-In, although it was also a sensation, the sequel really didn't have much originality.

Ian was very satisfied. Good news requires innovation, and my inspiration has not yet dried up.

Jampelli also laughed. "Of course. It's your job to acquire users, and it's our job to collect the money!"

It was clearly a bad luck, but Ian Carr turned it into an exclusive big news. James Pelley was becoming more and more satisfied.

As for Ian, he was going to go back and make it up to the girls for the shock they had suffered.

To be honest, he was a little surprised that the five girls were so devoted to him. He had been prepared for one of them to not be able to withstand the pressure.

Sure enough, confidence is a good thing!

They have enough confidence in themselves that they believe whatever he says.

The only regret is probably... I will be very tired tonight and Lena will be jealous.

(End of this chapter)