and we need to save the kids. >> paul's sister ilona didn't believe a word of it.rom the moment she heard a witness had come forward, she was convinced her brother was being set up. >> i said this is michelle. you got rid of her. and now what happened? >> this is payback? >> i believe that's what it is. >> reporter: paul's girlfriend kat who got engaged to him in jail also believed michelle's story was suspicious. he's innocent. >> absolutely, positively. >> why are you so sure? >> he's just not that kind of a person. he's a caretaker. you know, it's like, his job as a paramedic defined him. >> reporter: and while paul had a squeaky clean record, michelle, his accuser, had issues. a history of depression and alcohol abuse. and she'd waited years to come forward. >> michelle laffrance has been described as a scorned ex-girlfriend, a woman looking for revenge. did all that go through your mind? >> no. i don't believe that it did because after she leaves paul in january, february of 2011, it's 14 months before she gets up the courage to come forward to the police to t