Yes and how can you tell this about Rita?
Because
Angela got her mom to literally sit on house arrest for a year! Angela had control over not only her husband, sons and grandkids, but also her own mother.
Think about it. How have people felt being stuck at home for a couple of months recently?
I mean some people are stir crazy being at home so much. Now imagine Rita being stuck at her mom's for an entire year.
Her lawyer filed a motion asking if she could at least go back to her own house to feed her animals, and she was denied even that - her son fed her animals. It's just that house arrest is 10 X' s harder than we can imagine, me included, yet Rita sat it out for AN ENTIRE YEAR because Angie pressured/manipulated her into it.
I am trying to find this, where Canepa says in court - basically along the lines - that Angie wanted Rita to take the blame for signing the documents because it would "go better" for her (Angela) if she wasn't seen to be involved with the custody fraud.
I know Canepa said something like this in court. I will look for it if anyone wants me to.....2 Cents.....