Because it’s a civil case where they only have to prove guilt on the balance of probabilities. So 50.1% would do it, unlike a criminal case where the bar, of beyond reasonably doubt, is far higher. And particularly when there’s already been so much coverage, when people generally believe he’s guilty and where he has presumably access to the means to settle, it’s altogether lower risk to do that. Avoiding court altogether is obviously preferable, and is why his team attempted to ride on the back of the previous settlement agreement, even though it raised a whole heap of other questions
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