“I became acutely aware that this wasn’t just about me,” Malatesta wrote. “This became a cause for me, almost. To bring the truth out on behalf of so many other women. I was surprised how much it meant to these other women that I was filing a lawsuit.”

The suit was filed in 2014, litigated for two years. A jury discussed  for nine hours, then returned an unbelievable verdict, awarding the Malatesta family $10 million in compensatory damages, $5 million in punitive damages for “reckless fraud,” and $1 million for loss of consortium.

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