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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Funny. Except (a) I already mentioned perjury and (b) the person in that movie was telling the truth under oath, IIRC. Either way, an affidavit is more than an allegation.
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An affidavit can be full of true allegations or false allegations. Generally, if there's evidence to back up those allegations, they would be attached to the affidavit as exhibits which would then be entered into the court as evidence.
In my experience (through a nasty divorce/custody battle), affidavits can be full of lies and false allegations and the defendant can be dragged through the mud until all eternity but without actual evidence to support, they are indeed just allegations. An affidavit doesn't really make those allegations anymore real unless there's exhibits and other evidence to back up those claims.
I'm jaded as hell from my experience but I read the statements she made in her affidavit and I can't help feeling skeptical about the allegations. In my experience (between my case and many other fathers that I've spoke to throughout the family court system over the last 4 years), the bigger/nastier the allegation, the less likely it is to be true. I'm not at all trying to say that I don't believe her, I'm just saying that we can't just jump to the conclusion that he's guilty and a piece of #### just because she makes some allegations in an affidavit. She could be using his tarnished image against him by making these allegations, in hope that he'll pay her a chunk of money to go away... Who knows though...
My guess, she's paid to go away whether he was actually guilty or not.