As for me, I didn't expect that he will ran away because at first he is very confident about his agenda and he is kind a powerful or influential to face courageously the charges that is being thrown at him.
he has ran away before (australia drama 2014), he has a pattern
he is not a confident man, he is a con man. there is a difference
his splutterings and speech rhythm in courts before are not one of a confident man
he has no power or courage, he is not even a 'self made man' he can only survive economically based on delusions of false grandeur for others to fund him
when someone cant code an integer correctly but entertains his victims that he is king of coders. that is not confidence, that is not power or courage. that is delusions
dont confuse confidence/courage with carelessness.. he never cared about winning or losing court cases, his role then was to just add more action/drama to his story to stay relevant. even the judge recently knew that even with CSW losing CSW would just try to escalate to appeal the case for more drama/content. the judge noted that he shouldnt pursue that avenue by blocking him from taking those avenues
csw doesnt care about winning cases he just seen it as extra content for his life story,.. yes his sponsors care a bit more as hit harms their ROI if they have to keep paying out but not get returns.. many of his business associates have talked about this over the years. it was all about producing content to fill and then to sell life-story rights, to ROI their investments in him(eventually).. win or lose, good-guy/bad-guy. doesnt matter to CSW. it was all intended as life story content CSW promised to his victims as payment for their sponsorships
he and those sponsoring him only have the delusions of grandeur but when their delusions come to light, they run