[SarahW]

Consider that your cat would not have to testify in open court in front of his abuser.

It would be rationalizing, but understandable, for the dad to say, better to make Jackson pay this way and make sure my kid is going to have a secure future, than to make him go through a court proceeding that will tear him to pieces and doesn't guarantee any kind of compensation. Plus, I've put the world on notice what Jackson did to my kid. They can consider themselves warned. And if the monster does it again, or has done it in the past, others can come forward and they will be believed.

Kids with families and a crummy parent or parents are the ones most vulnerable to this kind of abuse, by the way. They make easy targets because they need the love and comforts offered...

The dad in this case took his son away from his horrible wife, and out of Jackson's clutches.

[Office Manager]

I couldn't have said it better myself. Amen.

[Sungirl]

It would be rationalizing, but understandable, for the dad to say, better to make Jackson pay this way and make sure my kid is going to have a secure future, than to make him go through a court proceeding that will tear him to pieces and doesn't guarantee any kind of compensation.

I don't buy it. First...why do you say the kid would be torn to peices? Then so would Jackson right? Also, again...selfish to take money and run...without wanting to stop him from others....EVEN IF IT MEANT LOSING MONEY. SO you are saying the money is more important than stopping him and proving your accusations. Was there ever a lie detector test?