OK, lets remember that this is the Internet. All that is posted may not be entirely true or is simply the poster's version of what he wants to write.
Yet, the issue here is simple. 20 times or 1, this guy has this one issue to resolve.
I think that all are suggesting that if he has ANY chance of a positive outcome, he needs a lawyer.
The rest is just like poking a dying animal.
It is not pretty anyway you cut it.