and directed attorney michael manley to do likewise. and the prosecutor who just watched the end of her last case is mostly sorry she had to bring >> i don't think you put a victim through what she put this victim through, not confessing, not being repentant. i hope she has time to consider what she did to that family beyond what she did to that child. >> reporter: and as for that young man, he graduated in may 2015 from catholic central, turned 18 not long after that. his family wanted to appear to support him in the face of abby simon's attack. a coach and diocese of not protecting the young man, and they, too, have denied the allegations and ask the case be dismissed. and as for that young man, he is an adult now, trying to figure out his next step in life. >> he's going to have to live with the fact that, you know, the person that he loved is going to be in prison for eight years. >> reporter: love is blind sometimes and this kind of love tragedy. >> that's all for now. i'm lester holt. thanks for joining us.or joining us. >>> polic