I don’t think one could say “not guilty” when to my knowledge there wasn’t even a trial. There has to have been charges brought on someone for that to happen.
There may have been an inquiry of Grand Jury or a panel to review, but I don’t recall a trial per se. In the end, the DA might have chosen not to indict any of them, but that still isn’t a trial
All I’m saying is that I don’t think this is by any stretch of the imagination finished.
Yes. And civil proceedings are quite different from criminal proceedings.