Victoria’s Second Testimony
Chapter 16 - Victoria’s Second Testimony
Two years after the criminal trial, the legislature examined influencer-owned shell companies and pension-backed private deals.
Victoria was invited to testify.
Critics argued she should not receive a public platform.
She agreed.
“I am not here as an expert in ethics,” she began. “I am here as evidence of how image, carelessness, and ambition can be used inside financial fraud.”
She described signing documents without reading, dismissing Alexandra, and treating service workers as accessories to a personal story.
A senator asked whether Mason manipulated her.
“Yes.”
“Are you a victim?”
“In some parts of the story.”
“Are you responsible?”
“In other parts.”
The answer frustrated people seeking one category.
Law often separated victim, witness, and defendant.
Life allowed overlap.
New regulations required plain-language disclosure when personal brands became directors of investment vehicles. Pension guarantees needed independent beneficiary approval.
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The law could not eliminate vanity.
It could make vanity harder to use as authorization.
