Sarah/Damages
May 16, 2018: Sarah Calls Lucas “the Best Friend I’ve Ever Had” and Says She Loves and Appreciates Him
On May 16, 2018, Sarah privately and without prompting told Lucas:
- “you’re the best friend I’ve ever had”
Lucas appeared surprised and asked:
- “You ok?”
Sarah answered:
- “Yeah”
Lucas thanked her and replied that she was also the best friend he had ever had.
Sarah then explained why she had initiated the exchange:
- “I know haha I just wanted you to know how much I love and appreciate you”
Sarah’s Own Description of the Relationship
Sarah’s statement was spontaneous, affectionate, and private.
She described Lucas as:
- the best friend she had ever had
- someone she loved
- someone she appreciated
- an important and positive person in her life
Lucas did not request praise, pressure Sarah to reassure him, or tell her what to say.
Sarah initiated the exchange because she personally wanted Lucas to understand how highly she regarded him.
Evidence Concerning Sarah’s Claimed Harm
This message comes from the period Sarah later portrayed as emotionally abusive, psychologically damaging, coercive, and exploitative.
Her contemporaneous description was the opposite.
Sarah did not describe Lucas as:
- frightening
- controlling
- abusive
- manipulative
- predatory
- a source of trauma
- someone she wanted to escape or avoid
She called him:
- “the best friend I’ve ever had”
and emphasized:
- “how much I love and appreciate you”
The message records Sarah’s own emotional assessment of Lucas during the relevant period. She described affection, trust, gratitude, and emotional closeness rather than harm.
Sarah Repeated the Same Position Years Later
This was not an isolated message that Sarah immediately disavowed.
Years later, Sarah continued making statements inconsistent with severe or lasting injury caused by Lucas or Onision.
Contemporaneous records from later telephone calls document Sarah stating that:
- she had “healed”
- she had “moved on”
- she forgave Onision for being rude to her while she was a minor
- she had no animosity toward Onision or Lucas
- she wanted to move on with her life
- she wanted privacy
- she did not want to file the lawsuit
- she did not want to testify
- Lucas was “still the best friend she’s ever had”
- she wanted Lucas to check on Onision because she understood that he had been emotionally hurt
These later statements reinforce the meaning of the May 2018 message.
Sarah continued describing Lucas as her closest friend and described herself as recovered, no longer holding animosity, and wanting to leave the controversy behind.
Continued Voluntary Contact
Sarah’s conduct also matched her positive statements.
The later record documents Sarah voluntarily:
- speaking with Onision for more than half an hour in December 2021
- telling him that she had healed and moved on
- forgiving him for the limited issue of being rude to her while she was a minor
- reconnecting with Lucas in February 2023
- participating in repeated and lengthy telephone calls
- discussing music, relationships, friends, and ordinary life
- arranging additional calls
- sharing highly personal information
- continuing to call Lucas the best friend she had ever had
This was sustained, voluntary contact years after the relationship ended.
Sarah did not behave as though she needed permanent separation from Lucas or Onision for her safety or recovery. She repeatedly chose to resume personal communication with them.
The Claimed-Damages Conflict
Sarah’s later complaint seeks damages based on allegations of severe and continuing emotional, psychological, and reputational injury.
Her own statements create a direct conflict with that presentation.
Sarah repeatedly described:
- love and appreciation for Lucas
- Lucas as the best friend she had ever had
- herself as healed
- herself as having moved on
- no remaining animosity toward the household
- a desire for privacy rather than litigation
- reluctance to testify
- continued concern for Onision’s emotional condition
- continued friendly communication with Lucas
The claimed-damages narrative therefore must be compared with Sarah’s own repeated descriptions of recovery, affection, voluntary contact, and absence of continuing hostility.
The available record does not show Sarah consistently describing herself as emotionally destroyed by Lucas or Onision.
It shows Sarah repeatedly describing Lucas as deeply valued and later describing herself as healed, moved on, and without animosity.
A Broader Pattern Relevant to Damages
This page will collect additional evidence concerning Sarah’s claimed harm, including:
- Sarah’s statements that she had healed and moved on
- Sarah’s statement that she had no animosity toward Onision or Lucas
- Sarah’s repeated voluntary contact with the household
- Sarah’s statement that she did not want the lawsuit
- Sarah’s statement that she did not want to testify
- Sarah’s desire to move on and have privacy
- her continued social, romantic, employment, and financial activity
- her friendly discussions of music and everyday life
- her continuing description of Lucas as her closest friend
- evidence that any public controversy was amplified through Sarah’s own interviews, social-media activity, and documentary participation
The evidence should be evaluated cumulatively. Sarah’s private messages, later telephone statements, and voluntary conduct consistently conflict with the portrayal of ongoing, incapacitating damage caused by Onision or Lucas.
Source
May 16, 2018 private text-message exchange between Sarah and Lucas.
Sarah’s messages appear in gray. Lucas’s messages appear in blue.
The conversation was displayed through iMessage and captured using a MacBook.
Exhibit 103.
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