So basically, you didn't contact people even though you had their emails and you had their legal counsel representation. You chose to settle without consulting with them. You then settled on their behalf. Okay.
You had a claim and you settled it within three weeks or four weeks of the date you received the claim. That is highly unusual. Let me understand this. You and Mr. Renney, at the last committee hearing, professed that you did not even know which individuals were involved. You said there were some statements in the claim made by the plaintiff that were false, and others that you couldn't validate, because she was never interviewed by Henein Hutchison and never interviewed by your counsel, and she made no statement to the police.
Why did you not use the lawsuit as an occasion to depose the plaintiff to see if her claims were credible?