I’m not an active commenter on this thread but I try to check in when I have time. I guess I understand (maybe?) why people feel sorry for JH. But I just can’t. He had a duty as a father to protect his son, and it’s not as if abuse allegations weren’t brought to his attention multiple times. Idgaf that he worked far from home. Then you either 1) move your family closer to your job so you can actually parent your child and not leave him to be abused 2) find childcare for your son other than the woman accused of abusing him 3) the option I know will be most criticized, but then get a job where you can be close to home. The fact that he laid his hands on EGs son is enough for me to conclude that he was complicit, at the least, in the abuse of his son.
And fwiw, the first televised interview, the one with JH and Lucas’s mom, left me with a terrible vibe about JH. I’ve unfortunately had more than one drug addicted love one, and he didn’t just look like he was understandably on Xanax, or just smoked a joint. He seemed high as a kite to me. JMO from JME.