Chapter 23 - The University Settlement
Lily’s civil cases ended four years after attack.
Gross settlement total from university, security contractor, Cole related entities, and individual civil contributions:
$3.05 million.
After attorneys, medical liens, costs, and structured allocation, Lily retained substantially less.
Enough.
She placed most in diversified trust managed independently.
Why trust?
She laughed.
“Because I learned rich families are insane.”
I said:
“Fair.”
She used:
Medical future reserve.
Therapy.
Replacement car.
Student loan none due tuition waiver.
Down payment on condo years later.
No revenge shopping.
Then Northbridge added policy:
Violent incident evidence preservation bypass donor relations.
Security overrides require dual authentication.
Emergency systems separate.
Research accounts automatically deactivate upon employment termination/death.
Guest access audits.
Could those prevent everything?
No.
Better.
Then Gregory Lane.
His credentials cloned; he was cleared.
He had done nothing.
Devin Sloane, engineer, pleaded guilty to system tampering/obstruction related to disabling cameras and emergency call boxes.
Because he cooperated and did not know specific severe assault plan, he received eighteen months custody? Maybe one year and day federal? This is state/ maybe. Let's say one year local/electronic + three years probation and career consequences. He lost security field license for time.
He apologized.
Lily never met.
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The campus president remained for a while but resigned two years later after governance review? Could. Not criminal.
No one else secretly masterminded.
