Update

I just want to post a quick update. We have contacted the ACLU and await their response with baited breath. We are holding off - at least for the time being - on contacting the media, until we hear back from the ACLU. We will soon be contacting lawyers requesting pro bono work if they are willing to offer it, as well. It can't hurt.

It has also come to our attention that a therapist who reported the accuser's claims (since therapists are, after all, required to report claims of criminal conduct of this nature, regardless of whether they believe it or not) apparently is the same therapist George met with after his incarceration seeking emergency counseling for this recent trauma. There appears to be a huge conflict of interest present - we aren't sure, but I believe she may not be able to testify, neither for George nor his accuser, because of this. What's curious about this is that George's attorney was visibly angry at having heard that she had counseled George, and urged him not to meet with her again. I wonder why? Would it not make sense that a conflict of interest which excludes her from testifying on either side is in fact a good thing for our case? She was, if anything, terribly sympathetic to our plight and seemed nothing short of horrified. The attorney has also urged him not to speak with CPS, who is investigating everything (including the vast amount of claims against those who actually molested the accuser) and in fact seem to imply that they believe that George is innocent. Why would the attorney not want them on our side? I'm more than a little confused.

We are worried that the attorney may be even much less interested in helping George than we initially feared. My stomach is in knots right now. I'm not really sure what to make of it all. It's scary to think that this town's legal system is potentially even more corrupt. But it's hard not to wonder.