Status Updates From Vanishing Acts

I mean bombshell - holy shit Andrew just dropping the molestation thing in the middle of court. I understand Eric is playing the plausible deniability aspect with him but I feel like that was essential information that should have been pressed out of him sooner; not when the opposing prosecutor riles him up.
I do like this book so far, there is just a couple things that are annoying me. Will delve into that later.