or, she could simply give him the balance of the money collect for him.
She had offered to use the extra money to pay any bills; she just wouldn’t give him the cash.
Unless any of the checks were written to him, the money that was donated was to help him get the dog out, not for anything else.
I don’t know about the Slander, but the GL and Embezzlement are criminal acts. A Prosecutor could easily pick it up whether she pays him off or not. And, she doesn’t want to give him the cash, it’ll go straight into the hole in his arm. Would you? The money was given for the dog’s rescue from the shelter, not him, but he wants it for himself. If I were her, I’d split it up and refund it to the people who donated, if that’s possible/practical.
Maybe you think he’s entitled, and you may be right. But he lost the dog in the first place because he got tossed in jail for unpaid traffic tickets. I have a sneaking suspicion he’s not a 100% responsible person, and she knows it, having met him. Which I haven’t.
The bottom line is he got help from well-meaning people, and he’s demanding more than he needed simply because it’s there. It’s a welfare mentality.