Anyway, I found her co-workers' reactions over the top and I'm glad she got her revenge - but 1 million doesn't go far after you pay your attorney 1/3. I don't know if you have to pay taxes on settlements. I still have two episodes to watch.
I mentioned this in another thread....the apartment she bought....I assume it was a co-op or condo, was high end Chicago real estate, it surely cost more than one million.
Even if Christine just paid a down payment....NOTHING is guaranteed in the world of escorting....she could get arrested etc. The scene where she was talking to, I assume, an accountant who deals with the wealthy and they were discussing off-shoring money etc....was laughable. It's wasn't as if Christine was awarded $20+ million, one million doesn't go very far these days. A Powerball winner usually does much better.
As for the co-workers reactions to her sex tape, I agree, for a law firm, which must surely be dealing with many sexual assault cases as well as cases basically dealing with wealthy spouses cheating etc....they were all acting like a bunch of high school mean girls.
Granted the Christine character is a bit 'off' with sociopathic tendencies....would she actually send out her sex tape to her co-workers as well as to her family?
The writing for this series is very inconsistent. Then again....too many people keep all their personal business on their cells, it would have been quite easy to access a lot of her personal info just through her cell. I gather her info was taken off her cell when she left her phone at one of her clients....the guy who became obsessed with her and ended up stalking her. He probably sent out the sex tape.
btw, a friend won a $300,000 settlement, after attorney fees and settling on some other situations involved with the case, they ended up with just $100,000. The one million Christine received was small change, her apartment alone was worth more than one million. She also has other expenses involved with setting up her own business....she has to dress the part and buy expensive clothes etc. It's not as simple as she thinks, I guess she will find out in Season Two.
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FinneganBear
9 years ago
The writing for this series is very inconsistent. Then again....too many people keep all their personal business on their cells, it would have been quite easy to access a lot of her personal info just through her cell. I gather her info was taken off her cell when she left her phone at one of her clients....the guy who became obsessed with her and ended up stalking her. He probably sent out the sex tape.
Yes. She knew Jack had gone thru her phone when she went back and retrieved it. The face was lit on the phone and it was turned to her texts with her sister. When she saw that, she got a nervous look on her face and seemed to want to get out of there ASAP without confronting Jack about it. At that point, she realized he was trouble. For all we know, Jack could have been going thru the phone all night while she slept. He obviously got her real name, personal phone # and work phone #. If she had a link to her work email, he could have gotten that too, including a single office-wide email address for Kirkland.
Her mother believed Christine sent the email. But there was nothing else to suggest she did and several things to suggest she didn't. When Tellis first showed her the video, she immediately went to the ladies room, took out her phone and scrolled thru the list of recipients on that email. Then she wiped tears from her eyes. If this had all been her own plan, she would have known who she sent the email to and she wouldn't have been crying in the privacy of the bathroom stall. And furthermore, Jack-who was bent on revenge-would not have suddenly stopped harassing her at that same time.
Also, she previously forfeited a half-million dollar inheritance to prevent those same email recipients from learning about her secret life. She couldn't have known circumstances would result in an even bigger settle from being fired.
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