Kevin Spacey Settles With Sexual Assault Accusers Before London Trial

What is wrong with seeking compensation when one deserves or needs it?

When the justice system is going to only give them a couple years for what they did to you, and then they'll be out to hurt someone else, on good behaviour, the choice is harder to make between money and jail time. I believe if they served reasonable sentences for the harm they caused, money would not be the option people choose to pursue for justice. The money can help pay for therapy and relocation, if you get enough. That can at least ensure your own temporary safety and some recovery after a traumatic experience. I understand the argument that people are looking for money, but if the person who happened to harm you is rich enough and behaved well enough to get out of jail quickly, or you feel the system is rigged against you in another way, justice is better served making them pay you so you, yourself, can disappear and find peace away from their reach. A lot of victims don't want to go through the stress and re-traumatize themselves in court proceedings. It is easier on them, emotionally and mentally, if they don't have to go through the trouble. Some people just don't feel up to pushing that hard for the result they are not likely to get, and would rather take whatever they can and go.