My in-laws beat my leg broken while my husband watched with a scornful smile. Three days later, they came to the hospital to mock me but i was gone. The doctor said one phrase that made them pass out... - True Stories

The collapse of the Mercer family was swift, public, and merciless.

Over the next four months, the local and regional news outlets were filled with headlines detailing the downfall of the golden boy CEO and his prominent family.

MERCER LOGISTICS CEO ARRESTED IN $4M EMBEZZLEMENT AND DOMESTIC BATTERY SCHEME.

COURT FREEZES ASSETS OF FORMER TRANSPORTATION MOGUL AFTER FOYER VIDEO SURFACES.

The evidence was too overwhelming for any trial strategy. Faced with thirty years in state prison, Evan agreed to a plea bargain structured by federal prosecutors.

He pleaded guilty to two counts of corporate wire fraud, one count of grand larceny, and one count of conspiracy to commit aggravated battery. He was sentenced to seven years in a federal correctional facility.

Richard, whose shell companies had received the bulk of the stolen funds and who had personally delivered the violent kicks that broke my leg, was convicted on multiple felony charges, including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He received a twelve-year sentence in state prison.

Diane accepted a plea agreement requiring her to forfeit all her personal assets, pay eight hundred thousand dollars in restitution, and serve five years of strict probation after agreeing to cooperate with the liquidators.

The eight-million-dollar mansion in the suburbs where my leg had been broken was seized by the court and put up for public auction to satisfy the bank liens and corporate debt.

I didn't attend the auction. I didn't attend the sentencing hearings.