Chapter 138 Clarification Press Conference
#LisaHoldsPressConference
#LisaDeniesPlagiarism
When the Gardner Corporation announced that Lisa was going to hold a press conference in the afternoon, it immediately became one of the trending topics on social media.
After Lisa was accused of plagiarism, a series of questions appeared one by one like mushrooms after the rain. However, neither F&M Apparel nor Lisa herself spoke up.
The original author of the design draft subsequently sued Lisa, who allegedly threatened the original author to withdraw the lawsuit.
Lisa, who already had a bad reputation, suffered another blow.
The court session was scheduled at the end of the month. Everyone was already waiting for the ‘drama’ to unfold, hoping that the law would punish the wicked. However, at this juncture, Lisa suddenly wanted to hold a press conference through the Gardner Corporation—just what was she going to do?
The public couldn’t help but wonder: Could it be that the Gardner Corporation and F&M Apparel had already figured out a way to whitewash the matter, or had they bought someone off with a lot of money?
The speculation did not die down. Hence, there were many more people at the press conference than last time, and it almost filled the entire venue.
Under everyone’s gaze, Nicole appeared while being surrounded by a circle of bodyguards.
Originally, she didn’t think it was necessary to bring so many bodyguards, but Colton insisted, saying that her current reputation was too bad, and she might be beaten up by the crowd if she didn’t bring bodyguards, so she reluctantly brought them with her today.
The bodyguards escorted her to the stage and surrounded her below the stage, blocking the reporters’ attacks.
Otherwise, the reporter’s microphone would be directly stuffed into Nicole’s mouth.
Nicole stepped onto the stage and looked at the bunch of people below her before laughing involuntarily. Soon, she cleared her throat and spoke into the microphone.
“I believe that everyone is here today because of what has been circling on the Internet recently.”
As soon as Nicole finished speaking, a reporter raised his voice and asked loudly, “Lisa, do you admit that you threatened the original author to withdraw the lawsuit? Do you know that you have violated the law?”
“Yeah, since you’ve already plagiarized and made a despicable threat, is today’s press conference meant to whitewash you?”
The questions went on.
As soon as Nicole said an opening remark, the people below grew irritable, and every question was as sharp as knives.
It seemed that they really didn’t have a good impression of her.
Nicole tugged at the corners of her lips helplessly and said in a low voice, “Everyone, can you please be quiet for the time being? You may ask your questions one by one when I’m done talking.”
The reporters quieted down a little, and they all stared at Nicole, wanting to see what she had to say.
“Today’s press conference is mainly to clarify a few things. First, the video posted on the Internet that damaged my innocence has been taken down, and I have also filed a police report about it. As for the ex-boyfriend in the video, he has been brought to the police station, so I hope everyone has their own judgment on this matter!”
As soon as Nicole finished speaking, several reporters interrupted impatiently.
“Miss Lisa, we are here only to hear your explanation on the plagiarism matter.”
Nicole twitched the corners of her lips. Almost looking down at the reporter, she sneered. “If you want to vilify me just like this, then why should I explain anything?”
“Then do you mean to say you didn’t commit plagiarism?” the reporter blurted out after listening to Nicole’s words.
Nicole stood on the stage and nodded directly. “Yes.”
“Miss Daniella Zimmer, the designer of Pinnacle Group, made the accusation against you and provided the comparison chart of the two design drafts. It is obvious that you plagiarized her. What do you have to say about this?”
“Yes. Miss Lisa, if you didn’t plagiarize, why would you go to Pinnacle Group and even threaten Miss Daniella?”
Nicole watched the audience question her one after another. She didn’t say much besides, “I didn’t plagiarize. As for the result, everyone can wait for the ruling of the trial tomorrow!”
