Thread:Comments:US federal judge and Florida judge clash over Scientology wrongful death case/Judge Robert E. Beach and Scientology ?/reply (5)

As far as I'm concerned, if you make a completely secret deal that no one knows about except the two parties involved, and you have no evidence that the deal took place in the first place, then you shouldn't be surprised when one of the parties breaks the deal. That's why you don't make secret deals:P.

At least, that's what I got from the article. By "secret" did they mean "not broadcast to the public at large, but notarized and otherwise witnessed by their respective legal teams" or did they mean "backroom handshake that no one else knew about"? I can see either one of those being true based on what's available in the article. I see nothing in the sources to indicate which is meant, either.