He didn't know it would be three weeks. Companies that tolerate an employee not showing up for three weeks, and especially because they're under suspicion for

He didn't know it would be three weeks. Companies that tolerate an employee not showing up for three weeks, and especially because they're under suspicion for child pornography, are exceptionally rare! Look at it from the flip side... nobody knows that this man is innocent. So while the law might be innocent until proven guilty, usually acquaintances aren't so kind. "Where there's smoke there's fire" and all that.