and cyndi had a little girl.omething like, "i suppose you've heard.” and i said, "heard what?” and she linked an article to richie being arrested. >> did you feel a bit sorry for her? >> yeah, i felt really bad for her. >> reporter: matt and some friends took cyndi out for a drink at, well, where else? and talked about, you guessed it, richie's arrest. >> did she have any comment about his guilt or innocence? >> she insisted that he was home alone with her all night and he never left and i think the only thing i ever said to her is, if that's not true, um, and you testify to that in court, you could end up in prison. >> reporter: matt knew something first hand about prison. he'd done a little more than a year behind bars himself in his early 20s for burglary before turning his life around and going to work as an electrician. >> you warned her. >> yeah. i let her know that prison isn't a place she wants to go to. >> reporter: anyway, matt was a shoulder to cry on. >> she was going through a really crappy time. >>