You make some really valid points in trying to voice your feelings on BR. For me it came down to the common sense that
@gitana1 explained. And not that my opinion is more right, or wrong. I just like to try to give benefit to the perps (innocent until guilty) until I see the line get crossed.
I really wanted BR to be that heroic figure. But how he treated that little girl in those (partly) released conversations just killed me. She was begging, and pleading, to not have to video her own rape.
Even if it was the second time that SLP was being raped, it was two times too many for this molested (most of her life!) girl. I cannot fathom the actual reality of her childhood. As others have said, she never had one.
If SLP can ever find the strength to forgive either of them; at that point I will follow HER lead. Only then IMHO.
BR would never have reached hero status, once he had that tape. The tape that was clear enough to put RP in jail. Yes, the blurry tape that A Cup of Coffee HAD to make. Because BR said so. The evidence, and basement-hiding, specialist. That's the real Catch-22 here. Would the previous recording, and her life history, have been enough? Did she really HAVE to endure one more rape?
Oh man, I hope I'm not offending you, or anyone at all, with being so opinionated about these two monsters. My apologies if any offense has been taken