Kaiser
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Thanks. I think that was the case. Her testimony was a bit shaky, and she vanished into thin air - taking Hardy's money with her.
This has been said a billion times. If Hardy reached a settlement with Holder, which we don't know, it was to avoid a Civil Trial because any kind of BS charge to go to a Civil Trial will cost you a half million dollars in legal fees. Every defense attorney recommends small settlements of the civil side.
Paying someone off in CRIMINAL TRIAL is a felony and the DA would lose his job and his law license if dropped a case knowing a witness had been paid off.
Criminal DV cases - and convictions - happen without the lone witness testifying. The reason the DA couldn't do so in this case is that the sole witness completely contradicted herself, would have zero credibility in front of a jury and would potentially face perjury charges.
Whatever people want to believe after reading a one paragraph regurgitation from JJ Taylor, the DA in this case dropped all charges without even asking for a plea bargain. He did so because he had absolutely no credible evidence he could take to trial. And don't say the pictures of Holder's bruises because her testimony in the bench trial was that he never touched her body, only her neck.