[skeeter]

"I'm sure the resignation was really difficult for him, but it needed to happen," Maher said. "This is a secret that devastated my life and my family's life."

I'm sure that $150k you accepted was devastating.

[behzinlea]

I think this just proves that money doesn't buy closure anymore than it buys happiness.

Now that both of them are free to move beyond the filthy lucre and the shameful silence of the matter, they are both likely to be more happier.

Still, he bears much greater responsibility for what happened. He was what--30? She was 15? Not even a close call.