Marilyn Van Derbur Atler faced similar ambiguous issues as a young adult. She never spoke about what her father had done to her until after his death. After his death she was devastated to learn that he never stopped molesting other children. Im sure Sanduskys son also dealt with his own demons regarding revealing his fathers past. Im only bringing this up to reference everyone can see a very difficult internal debate as to whether to speak any truths about oneself or ones family in a very public crime.
Kolar also dealt with the issues between writing a book to share the evidentiary facts or keeping silent in compassion towards the family. What tilted him to the former was the ongoing slander towards the police and accusations/innuendos towards innocent people whose only involvement in JBs death was that they knew the family.
But its not my impression anyone on the forum is behaving vengefully towards BR, since we do know he grew up in a dysfunctional family, and he has previously chosen to keep a low profile. Perhaps only those whove been through this as detectives like Kolar and Thomas or as victims like Mark Klaas can really speak to what the Dr. P engagement means.
If BR was involved, as many believe, and one places this in the context of a huge payout, then its pretty normal for the arrow of the moral compass to quiver. There will be a payout involved, just as there was for the Anthonys whose only crime (as far as we know) was in protecting their daughter by lying to police and committing perjury. Heres what Klaas said in 2011 pertaining to Reward for Bad Behavior -
According to all credible reports Dr. Phil did not pay the Anthonys for the interview. Instead he donated nearly $500,000 to a charitable organization currently being formed to honor their granddaughter called Caylees Fund. Truth be told, Caylees Fund does not yet exist, therefore it is not a charitable organization, and therein lies the rub.
The Anthony family is handsomely rewarded for abysmal behavior. Casey gets away with murder, George and Cindy lie and parry and deny the truth, yet they receive a huge payoff from a daytime TV program seeking sky-high ratings. Caylee is still dead and the truth be damned.
Like others I also happen to see personality traits of JR reflected in BR. This isnt shocking, since many in psychiatry state that 35-50% of our personalities are from our parents. Throw in BRs upbringing and the values his parents bestowed, its not unreasonable to have quite low expectations about this interview. Perhaps well all be surprised.