“He was planning this from the moment he knew you were house hunting,” Detective Moreno said. “He just needed you to pick a house.”
The prosecutor’s office took the case.
Mark, through a lawyer, tried to argue that it had all been a misunderstanding. That he’d genuinely believed I’d agreed. That the lease had been a “draft” he’d intended to give me to sign. That Lauren had given him the code freely.
But the texts were the texts.
She always folds.
She’ll want to settle.
Half that house should’ve been mine anyway.
In February, Mark pleaded guilty to criminal trespass and a reduced charge related to the forged document. The judge gave him probation, a fine, community service, and a court order requiring him to stay away from my property and to have no contact with me except through attorneys.
He was also ordered to repay Lauren the eight thousand dollars.
