It depends.
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If you're referring to the statements made in the separation filings, e.g., then no - the purpose of those statements was to get a legal separation. Client tells attorney what's been going on in the marriage that has led them to seek a separation. Attorney takes all that and cooks it up into attorney-speak/legal-speak/court-speak and spits it out into documents to file with the courts so the client can seek a separation. Has nothing to do with Gail's disappearance.
If you're referring to the statements made by the attorneys in the media, e.g., then no - the purpose of those statements was for the attorneys to do their job and defend their client from the vilification and accusations they are receiving at the hands of the media and the public. Has nothing to do with Gail's disappearance.
If you're referring to the statements made by Gail & Matt's Birmingham friends to the attorneys (not those in the press) e.g., then yes and no - the purpose of those statements were to help both Gail who had disappeared by providing info on her state of mind from their perspective, and to help Matt who's being vilified and accused in the media and public eye.
If you're referring to the statements most likely made by Matt and his attorneys to LE regarding Gail's state of mind, e.g., then yes and no - I'm sure Matt retains some feeling for Gail despite the state of their marriage and was trying to help her, and I'm sure Matt also was trying to convey to LE that he had no involvement in Gail's disappearance. The attorneys would have been doing their job to act in their client's best interest by cooperating with LE, and conveying to LE that their client had no involvement in Gail's disappearance.
In all of that, I don't mean to portray the attorneys as sociopaths with no feeling for Gail. I was just talking about what they were mostly doing. I'm sure they're fine, compassionate, kind human beings who feel for Gail, as would any of us, and would like to help her. All I was trying to convey above is that they are being paid to do a job, and that is likely their priority in their actions.
That would be my short answer lol.
My shortest answer to whether all those people were trying to help would be - yes and no. lol.
What I think might be more helpful though is to sort of look at it in reverse. That is, what was LE doing (rather than what were these people doing.)
LE was talking to people and collecting information, hearing *both* that Gail was absolutely fine *and* that Gail had mental or emotional issues. Their job was to determine whether she did or did not. It appears to me that, based on the Endangered status, as well as just the info available, that they determined at a certain point that she did.
All of the above is my personal opinion.