[JamesP81]

but surely you expect that the accused & their families will be hitting him with civil lawsuits, don't you?

The probably will, but I doubt they'll win them. The truth of the matter is that in this nation, if a DA doens't like you, he can charge you with something and probably get a conviction. And if he knows he can't get a conviction, he can ruin you financially by dragging the trial out. People frequently lose their homes in such cases.

[leilani]

Oh, I beg to differ with your pessimism there. Too much press attention on this case & too many people who would be expected to defend his suspicious prosecution of this case are now jumping ship. (60 minutes, case in point.)

He knows he's in trouble & he knows he's gonna have to come up with a story for a jury in at the very least a civil court which will explain to them why he was willing to press charges which were obviously bogus from the get go.His defense now: I didn't even bother to interview her so how could I have known her story changed every three days?

I s'pose we'll have to wait to see how this plays out, but, tell ya what, I'll buy ya some of that funky NC BBQ if he doesn't land in at least civil court over this.