Update: AH's lawyer negotiated with the prosecutor before the trial. We got there (separately) and the victim witness advocate told me that a plea had been negotiated and I wouldn't be testifying. He has no fine, the case is "on file" without decision for 6 months. He needs to finish outpatient rehab (but not prove it) and not get arrested again and then it will be dismissed. So, not even a slap on the wrist.
The BEST part? He got really drunk last night and was beyond nasty and I took the girls (out of bed) and left and slept at my mother's.
He tried to approach me to apologize today and I am having none of it. I documented it all, even recorded some of his verbal rant.
I'm downright pissed off at him, the court, how a good lawyer can just make things disappear, AH's quacking about how he was "stressed" and needed to do something to relieve it and I ought to be grateful that he only had a few beers instead of as many as he'd intended. Whatever.