Like everything else here, it's a matter for speculation. We don't know weather Jerry Bernstein, the defence attorney, invented some scare-stories to act as currency for Jesse Friedman's release. We don't know if any of the testimonies by witnesses or, indeed, by the authorities, are 100% accurate. We don't know what exactly occurred when Jesse was subsequently sentenced to 18 years in prison, or, indeed, if the sentence was justified.
We don't know why Seth Friedman, another of Arnold's children, refused to participate in the film.
We don't know how secure David Friedman's career as a children's entertainer will be after the film is released. He himself admits that none of his professional colleagues know of the charges against his father and brother, and solemnly notes that "just the intimation of something like this can ruin someone's career."
What we do know, based purely on what is staring us in the face, is that the family were torn asunder by the proceedings, that the children turned on their mother, and that their mother turned on her husband.
And we know that Capturing The Friedmans is a phenomenal, incisive, telling glimpse into both sexual perversion and the effects of such on those involved, and the dangers of community hysteria overpowering factual evidence.
Capturing The Friedmans is released in the UK on the 9th of April.
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