How could a person make a false allegation of this magnitude?  That will have to be asked of Jennifer Astle.

But how could an innocent person trust someone like Jennifer Astle in the first place? In Tim’s words:

I put myself in a situation that gave power and control to someone that not only didn’t deserve it, but also was willing to use it.  I mistook cordial niceties as genuine character.  In the relatively short time that I knew Jennifer, she seemed trustworthy on the surface.  Looking back, this was because she never really had the chance to take advantage of me until I let her rent my house.  I have been blessed enough to have friends and family in my life that possessed steadfast morals and integrity and would never take advantage of me.  I made the mistake of letting her into my circle of trust mainly because she was nice to me, she didn’t steal my stuff (yet), and she didn’t have the need to betray me yet.  My naïveté and willingness to trust allowed me to consider her on the same level as all my other friends.  This is an insult to all of my friends, and I am so sorry.  The worst thing is that my arrogance in the belief of my own ability to judge people made me vulnerable to a situation that has not only hurt me, but also my loved ones.  The decision that Jennifer made to do such a horrible thing, and the many injustices committed along the way were not my fault, but not protecting myself and putting myself and my loved ones in such a vulnerable situation is something I hope I can be forgiven for. –Tim Guilfoy, November 2012