Whether or not they knew Westerfield previously, if they now felt that this man had harmed, molested, murdered their 7-year-old daughter, [even if he didn't, or even if they felt so only because the state had so charged him]...
THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN LIVID in the courtroom. They would have almost had to be restrained to prevent their tearing him limb from limb!
Instead, Mrs VD smiles at him, mouths "Hi, Dave" ... mentions him only in a kindly tone, then at the end refers to him at least once as "Dave" even though early in her testimony she was trying to say she didn't know him, had never danced with him, etc. Separated by that glass barrier, she still seems to melt, seems about to ask him over for drinks and dinner.
Note also that DAMON does not seem angry or upset with Mr Westerfield, does not view him as an enemy, seems to lack the hostility that a neighbor charging him with having a noisy nuisance of a DOG might have in some little city court matter...Again, actually seems to LIKE the guy, more than anything else.
This just isn't human nature, and it will not wash.