I don't agree that it would have less stupid for him to stay quiet.
Paraphrasing Mark Twain - Better to remain silent and be thought a murderer than to speak and remove all doubt. I think Burke himself has helped remove all doubt now. Smiling, laughing, giggling, marveling over his dead sister's weird droopy eye, admitting he went downstairs after John Ramsey says he got him to bed. It was a disaster for him.
If Lin Wood knows Burke at all, he would have had to have known Burke's interview with Dr. Phil would probably not go well. He certainly knows that an interview made it more likely he'll be deemed a public figure for the purposes of civil litigation, making a financial windfall less likely should a defendant choose to defend the case.
I'm convinced there's more to the story. I can see Wood advising against it, but settling for Dr. Phil when Burke insisted he wanted to be interviewed. That way Wood may have thought he'd have more control over the situation. And he did. Dr. Phil did an unplanned damage control episode almost certainly at Wood's insistence.
But the interview was a disaster for Burke. I can't see it spun any other way.
Agree but disagree to a point.
Because imo. Its Burke's life and not ours.
Now he has been the OJ/Casey Anthony of speculation since he was 9 years old.
So if he is personally fed up with the media opionated harassment by professionals; Then he has the right to litigate as he sees fit.
Now unless there was a confession or camera in the house that showed BR killing JBR; Then he has the right to sue since there is no direct evidence that he did it.
So imo. Maybe he did do it. But what if he didn't?
So once again imo. Dr Spitz has a nice plausible theory of how and who.
But he doesn't have the beyond a reasonable doubt proof. But he professes as he does.
So imo. Burke has the right to sue if he feels that the Doctor overstepped.
Btw. Most lawyers sends out a cease and desist letter before proceeding on with litigation.
So I wonder how many times has Dr.Spitz been warned in the last 15 years.
Now he is 90 and still gunning for Burke.
But he should have realized that plenty of cops have retired with haunting cold cases that they were not able to finish.
But guess what. They didn't put themselves in a position to get a civil suit handed down.
So Dr.Spitz obviously has made this his final showdown case in the press.
So this civil suit is probably making him salivate with joy as we speak. Jmo.