It does. And he perhaps shouldn't have in hindsight. But it also (as the argument went at the time) shuts the whole thing up and makes it go away just before going on a major tour. Going through a massive publicized trial instead of this big tour for this crime also makes you look super guilty. Pay the danegeld...

Its also a quirk of asinine california law. For reasons, you have a civil case in these matters, before the criminal one. Which is insane, you have to effectivelly show the prosecution everything you'll be preparing with and giving them extra ammo well before the criminal one. So it can be a far safer bet to settle the civil one, rather than give the state extra ammo. You're jeopardizing your criminal trial by engaging in the civil, which is ass backwards.

in normal circumstances because of the californial system, settling would have been a smart decision, hard as that pill is to swallow.

It does. And he perhaps shouldn't have in hindsight. But it also (as the argument went at the time) shuts the whole thing up and makes it go away just before going on a major tour. Going through a massive publicized trial instead of this big tour for this crime also makes you look super guilty. Pay the danegeld...

Its also a quirk of asinine california law. For reasons, you can have a civil case in these matters, before the criminal one. Which is insane, you have to effectivelly show the prosecution everything you'll be preparing with and giving them extra ammo well before the criminal one. So it can be a far safer bet to settle the civil one, rather than give the state extra ammo. You're jeopardizing your criminal trial by engaging in the civil, which is ass backwards.

in normal circumstances because of the californial system, settling would have been a smart decision, hard as that pill is to swallow.

It does. And he shouldn't have in hindsight. But it also (as the argument went at the time) shuts the whole thing up and makes it go away just before going on a major tour. Going through a massive publicized trial instead of this big tour for this crime also makes you look super guilty. Pay the danegeld...

Its also a quirk of asinine california law. For reasons, you can have a civil case in these matters, before the criminal one. Which is insane, you have to effectivelly show the prosecution everything you'll be preparing with and giving them extra ammo well before the criminal one. So it can be a far safer bet to settle the civil one, rather than give the state extra ammo. You're jeopardizing your criminal trial by engaging in the civil, which is ass backwards.

in normal circumstances because of the californial system, settling would have been a smart decision, hard as that pill is to swallow.

It does. And he shouldn't have. But it also (as the argument went at the time) shuts the whole thing up and makes it go away just before going on a major tour. Going through a massive publicized trial instead of this big tour for this crime also makes you look super guilty. Pay the danegeld...

Its also a quirk of asinine california law. For reasons, you can have a civil case in these matters, before the criminal one. Which is insane, you have to effectivelly show the prosecution everything you'll be preparing with and giving them extra ammo well before the criminal one. So it can be a far safer bet to settle the civil one, rather than give the state extra ammo. You're jeopardizing your criminal trial by engaging in the civil, which is ass backwards.

in normal circumstances because of the californial system, settling would have been a smart decision, hard as that pill is to swallow.

It does. And he shouldn't have. But it also (as the argument went at the time) shuts the whole thing up and makes it go away just before going on a major tour. Going through a massive publicized trial instead of this big tour for this crime also makes you look super guilty. Pay the danegeld...

Its also a quirk of asinine california law. For reasons, you can have a civil case in these matters, before the criminal one. Which is insane, you have to effectivelly show the prosecution everything you'll be preparing with and giving them extra ammo well before the criminal one. So it can be a far safer bet to settle the civil one, rather than give the state extra ammo. You're jeopardizing your criminal trial by engaging in the civil, which is ass backwards.

in normal circumstances, settling would have been a smart decision, hard as that pill is to swallow.

It does. And he shouldn't have. But it also (as the argument went at the time) shuts the whole thing up and makes it go away just before going on a major tour. Going through a massive publicized trial instead of this big tour for this crime also makes you look super guilty. Pay the danegeld...

Its also a quirk of asinine california law. For reasons, you can have a civil case in these matters, before the criminal one. Which is insane, you have to effectivelly show the prosecution everything you'll be preparing with and giving them extra ammo well before the criminal one. So it can be a far safer bet to settle the civil one, rather than give the state extra ammo. You're jeopardizing your criminal trial by engaging in the civil, which is ass backwards.

in normal circumstances, anyone else where this isn't anywhere near as public, settling would have been a smart decision, hard as that pill is to swallow.

It does. And he shouldn't have. But it also (as the argument went at the time) shuts the whole thing up and makes it go away just before going on a major tour. Going through a massive publicized trial instead of this big tour for this crime also makes you look super guilty. Pay the danegeld...

Its also a quirk of asinine california law. For reasons, you can have a civil case in these matters, before the criminal one. Which is insane, you have to effectivelly show the prosecution everything you'll be preparing with and giving them extra ammo well before the criminal one. So it can be a far safer bet to settle the civil one, rather than give the state extra ammo. You're jeopardizing your criminal trial by engaging in the civil, which is ass backwards.

It does. And he shouldn't have. But it also (as the argument went at the time) shuts the whole thing up and makes it go away just before going on a major tour. Going through a massive publicized trial instead of this big tour for this crime also makes you look super guilty. Pay the danegeld...

Its also a quirk of asinine california law. For reasons, you can have a civil case in these matters, before the criminal one. Which is insane, you have to effectivelly show the prosecution everything you'll be preparing with and giving them extra ammo well before the criminal one. So it can be a safer bet to settle the civil one.

It does. And he shouldn't have. But it also (as the argument went at the time) shuts the whole thing up and makes it go away just before going on a major tour. Going through a massive publicized trial instead of this big tour for this crime also makes you look super guilty

Pay the danegeld...