[lily.]

I think that Mr Lubbock was obviously going through a traumatic time after the death of his son, and unfortunately he was ill-advised by lawyers who were ultimately only interested in gaining fame and notoriety by going after a famous person.

At the end of the day, all Mr L wanted was answers to his questions, which he couldn't get because Mr Barrymore was also ill-advised at the time, and chose to leave the country rather than stay to face the music.

Michael was mentally ill at the time, in his defense, but I think he now regrets flee-ing in such a manner, as all it done at the time was fuel the rumour mill and sell more papers, whilst making him look very guilty indeed.