after listening to the defense attempt to paint abby as the victim, grand rapids police detective dave gillam finally felt free to speak his mind. >> there's a level of victim bashing and victim blaming and throwing this family, not only this victim but the family under the bus over and over and over. it's unprecedented in my 18 years. i've never seen anything to that degree. >> reporter: something got under your skin big time there. >> yes. this is a 15-year-old kid. you're a 35-year-old woman, 36-year-old woman. that you took advantage of. blaming him but accusing him of a crime that could put him in prison for the rest of his life. extraordinarily bothering me. >> reporter: because, he said, none of the evidence, not one thing, suggested that the boy was in any way aggressive or abusive toward the woman he loved. >> all rise. >> reporter: seven weeks later, after spending thanksgiving and christmas behind bars, out her sentencing came abigail simon visibly diminished. when it was her chance to speak, she said, perhaps no surprise, she regretted her decision to turn down the plea deal which