Wade's lawyer talks alot about wade being typical and characteristic of abuse victims and that's what they're relying on. By coincidence The mail had a very superficially similar story at the weekend about an abuse victim taking 30 years to come to tell of his experiences, and only getting the courage when he considered how he'd feel if his child was abused. It's interesting to read to see the differences to wade.
What's important is that this abuser was a guy in authority who didn't have a blemish on his character, clearly had no other accusations against him, and the sister says that there was no one to turn to, to believe their story. Wade had plenty to turn to - the da's office, the media, the general public - everyone was ready to believe him. Far from not wanting to mention it or think about it like this victim, wade's been doing nothing but being put in the position to talk about it, in court and elsewhere for the past 20 years. It was interesting to see how this victim felt angry at all the praise his school was getting and it made him resentful after his experiences - bit of a contrast to wade and all his mj tributes. Also, now the man felt his confidence was taken away and he became withdrawn - i imagine that's typical of abuse victims. Wade however during his period of 'abuse' was starting up a stellar career, financially supporting his family from the age of 10 and making waves in the competitive entertainment world at an amazingly young age.
This lawyer of wade's is going to have his work cut out if he thinks he can pass off wade's case as anything but typical.
