Sometimes getting people face-to-face in the presence of a neutral third party can bring out the real reasons for a conflict in a way that isn't possible outside that context. I think it's safe to say that Rial/Toye and Vic haven't communicated face to face (or even at all) since the start of the year, or possibly earlier, so they've been operating in a bit of a vacuum as far as responses go.
I've taken part in mediations in the past that, at first glance, seemed to be about irreconcilable differences between parties, on the level of wanting one another dead, over events that had taken on a huge form in the minds of everyone involved. Once they sat down to face one another, the real reason for the conflict would come out and it would be something so meaninglessly petty that even the party alleging they were wronged would sort of slow down and realise how stupid what they were saying actually was. Often it was something that the other party wasn't even aware of, let alone causing deliberately.
Rial is jealous of Vic's success. She's an ageing actress in her decline and he's been rising the entire time she's been sinking. That's her vindictive reason for trying to destroy him.
Vic had no idea this was an issue.
Now I'm not optimistic that she'll actually be able to admit that in mediation, because she's spun herself this very public narrative that Vic is a rapist paedophile predator, and that widely broadcast, highly public aspect generally isn't in play in most mediations. She'll want to save face and persist rather than admit, in that same public place, that she lied. But.
But. I've seen weirder climb-downs, once everyone was sat around the table and facing just how tiny, stupid and
pointless their beef really is.
So it might happen. Probably not, but might.
It'd be nice to be able to rate your own posts.
