Title: Dr. Cappeletti’s Chorus
Genre: Legal Fiction
Author: Gerard R. D’Alessio
Publisher: iUniverse
Pages: 110
Language: English
Format: Ebook
Anthony Cappeletti works hard and does everything right. He’s an alter boy, a star on his college baseball team; he graduates near the top of his college and medical school classes, and he overcomes major fi nancial obstacles to achieve his boyhood dream of becoming a successful physician in his hometown in central Pennsylvania. He marries his college sweetheart, has three wonderful children and earns the respect of everyone in his community. Then, without warning, Tony is accused of sexually assaulting eight female patients. His family is shocked and devastated by the consequences of these accusations. Tony claims he is the victim of a conspiracy to destroy his reputation. He loses his license, his hospital privileges, and his ability to practice medicine at all. His world falls apart, but so does that of his wife, his children, his father and his step-mother. Facing the most crucial time in his life, Tony struggles to convince his family – and a jury – of his innocence as he faces decades in prison. Is he guilty or the victim of a plot to destroy him?
ABOUT GERARD R. D’ALESSIO
Gerard D’Alessio received his PhD degree in Clinical Psychology from Northwestern University. After practicing for thirty-seven years, he retired to Philadelphia, PA where he now lives with his artist wife, Susan, and has been writing fiction (short stories, novels and plays)in which he strives to capture the drama of everyday life.