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[Ms. Toad]

12. Estoppel doesn't fit at all.

The burden of proof is different in a civil trial than in a criminal one. So estoppel is completely irrelevant.

Had there been a conviction, it would have been helpful in proving the (easier to establish) civil claim, because the state already proved more than it would need to in a civil trial. But a finding of not guilty still leaves plenty of room between preponderance of the evidence (a feather more than 50% - the civil burden) and beyond a reasonable doubt (no reasonable person could have believed he was not guilty).

(Not to mention that the elements of civil claims are different from those in crimes.)