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Chapter 1028 In Court (6) Hard Evidence

Chapter 1028 In Court (6) Hard Evidence

"You're talking nonsense!"

Zeny's words made Minerva collapse on the plaintiff's seat. She was extremely excited, pointing at

Zeny and shouting, "You're talking nonsense. This is my original work. What does it have to do with

Hannah Cooper?"

Zeny glanced at her.

"Quiet! Please be quiet, plaintiff!" The judge said sternly.

Minerva couldn't calm down. She couldn't let anyone know that this design wasn't her original work.

"I seriously suspect that this person was bought by Besse. What evidence does she have to prove that

this work belongs to Hannah Cooper? If it belonged to Hannah, then she should come out and confront

me instead of finding some random person to talk nonsense!" Minerva said again.

She had heard some news saying that Hannah had died. Although it hadn't been widely reported,

someone mentioned it at a class reunion and said that Hannah had died a long time ago. Only her

parents lived in the Cooper Manor now, and people who were close to their family knew about it. Since

Hannah wasn't here anymore, there was no evidence against her accusation. This was also why she

dared accuse Besse so confidently.

"If Hannah Cooper could be here today, I wouldn't bother Ms Hutcherson coming here. I can't say more

about the specific reason."

"You're just stalling! There's nothing you can't say clearly in court! I'm accusing Besse of plagiarizing

my original work right now. If you want to accuse me of plagiarizing from Hannah too then only Hannah

herself has the right!" Minerva spoke confidently.

"Miss Bird, please understand one thing, I'm not accusing you of plagiarizing from Hannah's works right

now, I'm only accusing you for not having any qualifications or rights as an accuser against my client

for plagiarism." The defence explained his logic clearly.

After all, if they were accusing Minerva of plagiarism from Hannah's works then they would need

another case which would be unrelated to this one. Hence court could refuse such cases easily.

Naturally, Minerva couldn't argue with him. She gritted her teeth and became very emotional throughout

all these proceedings,

"Even without Hannah Cooper present, I can still provide evidence proving that this piece is not an

original creation by Miss Bird." He turned towards Zeny again and said, "I heard you kept a video

recording during the competition."

"I kept it." Zeny nodded, "Originally we agreed with TV stations for broadcasting but due to various NôvelDrama.Org © content.

reasons, it never happened so we've always kept hold of those tapes."

"Did you bring them?"

"Yes, I brought them."

"Thank you," the defence lawyer requested, "Your honour, please allow us to play this video recording."

"Granted."

Minerva was no longer calm. But at this moment, she could not stop anything from happening and had

to watch the video.

In the video, a familiar figure appeared on the screen. As soon as Susan saw it, her eyes turned red.

She couldn't bear to watch any videos of Hannah. She didn't want to see her alive and well in front of

her but was unable to see her in person. So she had Manuel lock away any videos related to Hannah

on her phone. She was afraid that she wouldn't be able to resist looking back at them and would break

down even more after watching them.

At this moment, Hannah's appearance reappeared before her eyes once again. Hannah at that time

was still very young and inexperienced. She wore a simple high school uniform among a group of

exaggerated fashion designers, appearing out of place yet pure and lovely all the same. Such an image

infected not only Susan but also Manuel and Theodore as well.

Theodore felt extremely guilty towards Hannah back then. If it weren't for him, everything would have

been different.

Everyone's attention was focused on the screen without noticing that a man under protection by a

group also appeared in the audience area, sitting quietly in a corner without causing any commotion

while his gaze remained fixed on that woman on the screen.

The courtroom screen paused during the playback of the video clip with Hannah holding up one of her

design sketches. She was smiling lightly all along with such beauty radiating from within herself.

"This is footage from nine years ago. It should be clear enough to prove that the designer of the Angel

Series is none other than Hannah instead of Minerva."

"I disagree!" The plaintiff's lawyer spoke up saying, "Just now your witness made it clear enough

already. This competition wasn't broadcast originally, then how could my client have seen or copied

anything? This is even more absurd than Besse couldn't see the work of my client published in the

magazine."

"Mr Simmons, you may miss something. Minerva knew Hannah very early on."

The prosecution lawyer frowned upon hearing this statement.

"Right, Miss Bird?" the defence lawyer asked Minerva.

She refused to speak.

"It doesn't matter if you don't admit it. I have a witness who can prove your relationship with Hannah."

the defence lawyer said, turning to the judge to request that the witness be brought forward.

"Yes, even if Hannah and I were classmates, what does that matter?! Why do you say that I plagiarized

from her instead of her plagiarizing from me? Just because she published first means I copied her?

Maybe I had designed it but just hadn't published it yet!"

"Then can I say that my client Besse also designed for a long time before publishing?"

Minerva was getting frustrated.

"Besse has no connection with my client. However, my client and Hannah were classmates. My client

had designed something, which Hannah saw and then used in a competition. It's reasonable." The

plaintiff's lawyer found a loophole.

"Is it reasonable? Let's take a look at Hannah's designs before and after this incident as well as

Minerva's designs before and after this. With one glance we'll know who is copying whom."

The defendant's attorney took out many of Hannah's previous design drawings as well as those made

after that competition occurred. Then he took out Minerva's previous design drawings along with those

made afterwards. In terms of style, the Angel series' design techniques were similar to those used by

Hannah, while there was no correlation between them and Minerva's work.

Not only professionals could see this difference but even ordinary people could tell at first glance.

After showing both parties' designs, the defendant's attorney said, "Ms Hutcherson, as an originator-

level designer, standing in your professional perspective, who do you think the Angel series looks more

like in terms of design?"

"I cannot deny that it looks more like Hannah's work," Zeny spoke frankly. "When you asked me to be a

witness earlier on, I studied Phantom's designs already. Based on her level, she wouldn't have been

able to create such top-notch works herself so if possible then she must have copied them."