Nature to virginia. but that is very common in the thousands of settlements i've done over the 47 years i've been practising law. it almost never does a defendant admit guilt or liability or a wrong against a person who has sued him or may sue him. theyjust don't admit it and instead, they pay a substantial amount of money, but the payment of a substantial amount of money is often a characterised or understood by the victim as a teaching moment and an admission that he has done something wrong. now, rightly or wrongly, that is the way it's interpreted by victims, but they will never say that t...