Marcus Vale on Trial
Chapter 12 - Marcus Vale on Trial
Marcus’s trial began a year after the gala.
His attorneys portrayed him as a physician making difficult decisions for a resistant patient.
They displayed videos of him helping Helena into vehicles, attending appointments, and sitting beside her during painful nights.
Some care had been genuine.
That made the control harder to simplify.
The prosecution showed hidden dosage changes, altered movement records, and messages discussing the merger.
Marcus wrote to Victor:
IF SHE IMPROVES BEFORE THE VOTE, WE LOSE THE PROXY.
Another message said:
KEEP REED AWAY FROM HER. THE NURSE MAKES HOPE SOUND LIKE EVIDENCE.
Rachel testified through protected procedures.
Helena described the gradual loss of trust in her own body.
Eli did not testify publicly. His recorded interview was reviewed privately.
The gala footage played only after the court limited sensational broadcasting.
It showed Eli pointing to the patch.
Helena feeling her leg.
Marcus pulling the blanket higher.
The prosecution did not call the moment a cure.
It called it the first visible contradiction to a record Marcus had controlled.
Marcus testified that he loved Helena.
She believed he may have.
Love did not authorize secret medication.
He was convicted of medical fraud, unlawful treatment, conspiracy, evidence manipulation, and financial crimes.
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The balcony-related charge remained unresolved because intent could not be proven beyond reasonable doubt.
The court did not invent certainty where evidence stopped.
