Does a lawsuit have to only be based on what he said? What about what he didn't say for months or what was happening behind closed doors? Hire the right A-list lawyer and a PI, and I bet you they'll find something.
A guy on PASO did and say the same thing your saying here about JD being innocent. When that a poster on Ihub realized he may get himself in deep water, he deleted all his post on Ihub. I haven't seen his post ever since, and I have forgotten under what username he was posting.
If I had lost Big money here, I'd hire a lawyer and a SPI to get to the bottom of all involved. Many here does not have that kind of money so STHC will just be another usual scam on OTC.