Chapter 1435: Chapter 1435: Reversal
Florienna Ellis took a deep breath; at this moment, she had to calm down first.
Even if the clothes from XTZ had nothing to do with Charlotte Thompson, as long as she insisted Charlotte was plagiarizing, Charlotte would have no chance to turn things around!
Because the release date of her clothing was much earlier than the date Charlotte submitted her designs.
Moreover, now that the Worsen brand has already shown its stance by directly breaking the contract with Riley Group, there shouldn’t be any problem.
Florienna continuously encouraged herself in her heart, but for some reason, her palms had become clammy and cold.
She stood up, wanting to go to the bathroom to wash her hands, but along the way, Florienna felt that her colleagues’ gazes toward her had become subtly different.
Thinking of the revelations made online earlier, Florienna’s heart shuddered.
She hadn’t plagiarized those designs, just simply borrowed some ideas.
She didn’t do anything wrong.
However, obviously, things weren’t over so quickly; amidst the great anticipation of numerous netizens, Charlotte finally appeared to clarify the situation.
Charlotte posted a record of the time her design drafts were created online. Surprisingly, the time the designs were approximately completed was very close to when Florienna’s store launched the new clothes.
And this time, the person whose timeline was earlier, was Charlotte.
But when it came to such documentation edits, whatever Charlotte could post, Florienna could naturally do as well. Thus, it didn’t definitively settle the matter.
Just when everyone thought the situation would drag on endlessly, Charlotte suddenly dropped a video link.
"@Designer Charlotte Thompson: The reason I haven’t spoken these days is that the surveillance camera in my office was broken, so it was under repair. After the camera was back, I wasn’t sure if it caught anything useful, but it turned out to be extremely helpful."
It was just a Weibo post with a video, yet it directly cleared up the prolonged heated discussion among netizens, revealing the truth.
The content of the video, though showing only one person, left viewers utterly astonished.
Because the only star in it was Florienna Ellis.
The surveillance camera clearly captured Florienna entering Charlotte’s office and using her phone to photograph some of Charlotte’s designs.
A short video, almost turned the whole world upside down—the real plagiarist was Florienna, and the innocent victim was Charlotte.
"Oh my God, there really is a twist!"
"I knew Charlotte must have been biding her time; with her character, how could she be slandered for no reason? Turns out she was looking for key evidence."
"Let those who blindly supported Florienna now come out and explain themselves. See who copied whom, the evidence is right in your faces, let’s see if you can still deny it."
"So, Florienna was the one who falsely accused someone else of plagiarism all along, how shameless!"
Now, the ironclad facts were laid bare before everyone, and all doubts and suspicions were thoroughly demolished by this surveillance video.
In just one short hour, everything underwent a dramatic change; Florienna’s Weibo, which was previously filled with words of sympathy and encouragement, collapsed instantly.
At this moment, Charlotte also directly released a lawyer’s letter.
Charlotte accused Florienna of plagiarizing others’ work for profit and also of defamation.