They hear what he has to deal with on the court. And they see how he succeeds in spite of it, and it endears them to him.

I expect the court to just reschedule the thing. We'll deal with this misdemeanor down the way.

In spite of efforts to deal with that kind of thing, it's still largely a 'buyer beware' situation.

Your heart—as you call it—and hers are alike, after all: they are like mine, like everyone's. They resemble nothing so much as those meters you will find on gas-pipes: they only perk up and start pumping when you drop coins in.

If you would have fought like a man you wouldn't have to die like a dog."
(Anne Bonny to John "Calico Jack" Rackham)

I would never do anything just for spite.