[ClearCase_guy]

You can refuse to speak.
You can walk away entirely.
But if you subsequently go to court and try to get money out of it, then things may go badly.

I feel bad for the girl, it sounds like she got put in a rotten situation. But we have a litigious society and I just don't understand why so many people think lawsuits are always the best recourse,

[beefree]

“people think lawsuits are always the best recourse”

because it brings national attention