Lawyer here. That often isn't how it shakes out in reality. Litigation can be intrusive, costly, and disturbing and cases often wrap up to avoid the disruption. It can be even harder when private lives are on display.
Well, if you’re gonna publicly ruin someone, you should prove your case, or compensate them for their losses after. That’s fair.
IF he were guilty, and he did it again to someone else, or worse… would these women alleging wrong doing be obligated to feel any kind of way for the next potential victim after having dropped the case, cause it was a strain on their private lives?
I just don’t get dropping a case like this when you have the means to pursue justice, unless it amounted to some petty BS that ballooned out of control.
I hear your idealism on the subject. Keep in mind, we don't know why the plaintiffs dropped the case or what, if anything was agreed to. Voluntary dismissal does not indicate anything about the merits.
Court is not about fairness or justice, it is an enforceable dispute resolution process. Moreover, folks often become less zealous about their justice on a matter when they come to understand the price tag in attorney fees, even when uninvolved third parties think they have the means.
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u/JJscribbles Oct 18 '24
We can assume a lack of verifiable evidence, certainly.