TMB, for one thing all those who condemned SMR, why didn’t they get on line and ask mechilah, that was far worse than this.
For another, R’ Hoffman proved nothing except that after much thought and probably advisement from others and maybe he himself, they came up with new answers. He did not answer or address any of the issues that came up in court nor any of the Judge’s questions. Maybe if he had his story would have some credibility. I give him credit for trying to help this couple whether they came to him or he offered, but I don’t believe he is helping them in the end if he is not offering the absolute truth and only helping to spin a larger web knowingly or not.
He would be better off advising them to apologize to the olam as well as the court for misleading them and for taking this issue public on national TV instead of asking their Rav to begin with how to handle it. Even if they don’t admit that they mislead the court, even if they only apologize for taking this public and for not asking their Rav how to handle it, that would be enough for everyone to shut up.
There are just too many discrepancies in this story and Georgie is just put into a terrible position here which she shouldn’t be. She should not be forced to speak to anyone and corroborate anyone’s story. The truth will come out in the end, someone at Georgie’s salon will eventually talk about it, and will eventually tell someone the truth because there is no way to keep all the juicy details to themselves forever. So if Georgie is fibbing to help this couple out of this mess, that too will surface and that will come back to slap her in the face for trying to do a good deed. Remember no good deed goes unpunished. So if R’ Hoffman wants to help, he should leave Georgie out of it because no good will come of it. Had the couple gone to Georgie with the ruined wig, and had she replaced it at cost with the wig that Heidi was wearing, she would be so gracious as to give her a statement to the fact to begin with. Why wouldn’t she? It would only show her goodness and generosity to the court and the public. Everyone knows that she is a chesedik person. Again this whole story does not ring true no matter how R’ Hoffman tries to make it sound plausible, it just isn’t and the more he tries, the more he allows the couple to lie. It is better to stop asking them question than force them to lie more.