Dr Diamond has said in many articles that he would never testify for someone if he was not certain they had suffered from FBS. And this case had a few things that might have made him wonder about that. He would not have been able to use his 'usual' testimony in this case. And I think he was worried it would taint future prospective clients. he has a 'foundation' of past clients, who are very close, like a family unit. They pull together and support each other and counsel others. I don't think he wanted to open that circle to Ross. JMO :cow: :moo:
Dr. Diamond could have pulled out for reasons that have nothing to do with Ross. However, the fact that Ross does not fit the mold of every defendant he's testified for...does give me pause. I do actually think it would do irreparable harm to his reputation to testify for Ross. We will never know why, I'm sure