As I stated previously, there were witnesses to our agreement, and that IS legally binding in Georgia. So no, this is not my word against his. This is fact. He wouldn't be a very smart person to deny that agreement here either, as he would be calling several prominent IA members liars.
mind saying who else witnessed it?

That being said, while I don't agree that this is as much my fault as his (or that I bear any fault in this at all), I do agree that I did not handle this situation as shrewdly as I should have. I left myself open to potential problems, and I am living the consequences of doing so. I gave a kid on IA I knew the benefit of the doubt, and he turned out to be less than upstanding.
sad that we live in that kind of world where you get screwed by people you try to help