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seconds. good evening. thank yoyou for joining us. vendetta, revenge. both make for a good book or movie. both can have dangerous and real-life consequences. that s what happened to a pta president in california who found herself targeted and framed by a couple of very angry parents sparked by a single word. she tells abc s chris connelly how her life has not been the same ever since. i w my lawsuit. it s finally all over. reporter: victoria peters can finally smile. after nearly six years of personal and legal torment. a jury awarding her $5.7 million in damages from the scheming, vindictive couple once out to destroy this pta mom s good name. it was awful. i mean, it just it crushed me. and deep inside i was just i was just dying. you know, dying. what does that money years of hard labo stress you know. changes. terrible changes. reporter: for kelli peters thatstress, those terrible changes, and this relentlessly bizarre saga, began in 2010 at plaza ....
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whole world is looking at this right now. and i said, please, they re not mine, i swear to you they re not mine. reporter: she was right. they weren t hers. tests showed the easters dna on the marijuana pipe found in peters car. the phone call? police traced it to this newport beach hotel. not where you d spot erratic driving in irvine. and that man captured on the hotel surveillance video. kent easter. when the police were able to determine that the defendant s law firm was next door, the pieces started to come together for them. reporter: kelli was cleared. police gathering evidence indicating the easters had planted the drugs and paraphernalia in kelli s car the night before. the case of an irvine lawyer charged with planting reporter: the easters were each charged with false imprisonment for trying to set kelli up. jill copped a plea and was sentenced to 120 days. kent easter wanted to go to trial, forcing kelli to relive her trauma and anguish on the ....
seconds. good evening. thank you for joining us. vendetta, revenge. both make for a good book or movie. both can have dangerous and real-life consequences. that s what happened to a pta president in california who found herself targeted and framed by a couple of very angry parents sparked by a single word. she tells abc s chris connelly same ever since. i won my lawsuit. it s finally all over. reporter: victoria peters can finally smile. after nearly six years of personal and legal torment. a jury awarding her $5.7 million in damages from the scheming, vindictive couple once out to destroy this pta mom s good name. it was awful. i mean, it just it crushed me. and deep inside i was just i was just dying. you know, dying. what does that money represent to you? years of hard labor, stress, you know. changes. terrible changes. reporter: for kelli peters that stress, those terrible changes, and this relentlessly bizarre saga, began in 2010 at plaza advice s ....