I listened to Clint's interview, and it was very good. I have said before that I know he loves Hailey with all his heart, and not having a clue about what has happened to her is killing him.
I would like to say something about Billie's statement on Monday. From the beginning, besides just keeping media coverage for Hailey, this statement was to let Billie go over what she knew firsthand and also what she had been told. She also did this for another reason, which she clearly said - that she does not want to defend herself or anyone else. She wants the focus to return to Hailey.
Yes, I typed the statement up for her. But I typed it from what she wrote out. IMO, it was clear that she differentiated from her what she knows firsthand, which she talked about first, and then what she was told by DD and SA, which she 'touched briefly on'. And what she said about Hailey was from her heart. She did not write that down. I had left a blank space in the typed statement in case she wanted to write something specific down, but she didn't. She spoke straight from her heart.
IMO, she was also trying to make everyone understand why she felt the way she did. Of course she doesn't want to believe that SA could have anything to do with Hailey's disappearance. IMO, no one would want to have to face the fact that someone they love could harm their child. But she did make him leave her house. And I feel that she made it clear by saying SA 'claimed' or 'said' this or that.
Regardless, IMO, she made it clear that she did not want to defend anyone. She wants everyone checked out, every lead investigated. IMO she has been put into a position that she has to defend SA to defend herself. I feel like many people hold her (to whatever extent) responsible for his actions and past behavior just because she was in a relationship with him.
SA, if innocent, needs to step up and defend himself. And if he is guilty, then I hope he burns in heII. I wish that he would just hurry up and tell what he knows, or that LE would haul him in and charge him if they have the evidence against him. This has gone on for way too long IMO.
As far as the things she said about people accepting donations - IMO she was not talking about Clint. Or the account set up for the searchers. I personally know that there was a woman going around to businesses and posting lists of things needed and asking people for money. Billie asked her to take the lists down and stop asking for money (which she never got any of, btw) and she did not stop. Billie did tell one of the Rangers about this.
Regardless of how anyone feels about Billie or Clint, this is about Hailey. I really wish that everyone could move back to that. I am not talking about WS members - I am talking about everyone everywhere. Talking smack or discussing what should or should not have been done by anyone in the past is not bringing us any closer to finding Hailey. Everyone makes mistakes, and everyone has regrets. Some are worse than others. But Hailey's parents both love her, and all they want is to get her back.