When the psychologist who performed the first evaluation, Dr. Robert Page, appeared at the hearing as a witness for Donaldson, Milt Datsopoulos asked him to explain the purpose of evaluating his client. The purpose, Dr. Page answered, was to obtain information about his personality traits and the risk he posed to the community, in order “to provide the most responsible recommendations for not only the rehabilitation of the individual, but rehabilitation in the least restrictive environment while maintaining safety to society.” Page added that all the data he’d analyzed suggested that Donaldson was “within the low-to-moderate-risk range.” According to Page, his evaluation also showed that Donaldson would respond well to sex-offender therapy while living in the community, as long as he was “monitored for abstinence from drugs and alcohol, one hundred percent.” Datsopoulos asked Dr. Page if Beau Donaldson was “remorseful—sincerely remorseful—and contrite for his actions.”
