they'll just go forward in absentia. Courts don't give a fuck. As long as criminal procedure was followed (usually requiring simple 1st class mail service), then they'll just proceed. On 11/24 the arraignment was set. Its possible he showed up at that time to ask for an arraignment, but its not clear to me why it wouldn't have shown a booking at that time. As far as VA goes, its more likely that the conditions of bail are less stringent than the restraining order, so he could be in violation of the TRO w/o being in violation of bail in the revenge porn case. That's the only thing I can think.
He could be trying to avoid service, possibly, in order to attempt to beat the revenge porn case first before answering for the TRO violation... or hoping the violation will go away if he beats the revenge porn case. He's been trying to frame Faith as a jilted lover for defense in the revenge porn case, so violating the TRO would be very bad for him during the revenge porn trial. Remember, his defense is going to be, "why would I intend to harm Faith? She was my partner at the time, and things only soured later and that was 100% her choice (jilted lover), not mine." The prosecutor will be trying to prove that he intended harm at the time of posting the revenge porn, but if it turns out that he's the white trash fuckwit we all know him to be, then that will very much help the prosecutor in the revenge porn case.
Its still not clear to me exactly how he violated the TRO. Digging into that will provide quite a bit of insight into what's going on.
