Once the judgment became final, the collection process moved faster than anyone expected.
Sterling tried to transfer his car into his mother's name.
The court caught it immediately, deemed it a fraudulent transfer, and froze every bank account under his name.
His house was soon listed for a court-ordered auction, with a starting bid far below market value.
Seeing everything fall apart, Genevra immediately filed for divorce, hoping to cut herself loose from the mess.
But she had broken the three-hundred-thousand-dollar vase with her own hands. That debt was not something she could shake off.
Sterling lost his job too. He had been a sales manager at a small company, but once the story blew up online, the company fired him on the spot, citing damage to its public image.
The other class
