It's a sad world and people do try to weasle money out of other folks who are considered "easy" targets. Since the allegations have been made before, then it's no surprise to most people that new ones have arisen. Public sentiment goes greatly against him, and he ends up either settling or runs a risk of getting convicted by a potentially biased jury.
If this kid actually had cancer....I wouldn't be surprised if the parents were doing it to get money to pay for treatment or their own suffering. I'm not saying that's the case, I'm just saying it's a possibility. It has been done before, and it'll be done again.
On a more joking note....it sounds like he already got off
.....now he just may get off again.
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