CHAPTER 25
The sun shone brightly as I walked into the courthouse on Monday morning, which I took as a good sign. As the plaintiff, our side got to talk to the jury first. Meili and I’d discussed this part at length. She planned to review the evidence, discuss how much I made before this happened, harp on my pain and lost wages, and make the jury pity me.
“This case is pretty simple, ladies and gentlemen. You’re not here to judge my client’s conduct after the defendant posted nude pictures of her. You’re not here to judge her for the fact that the pictures exist. The questions you are here to answer are: did the defendant have a legal right to distribute the pictures, did he distribute them, did he ruin her reputation with false statements, is that why Ms. Guerra lost her job. How much s
