Avi might not be dealing with the legal consequences of his actions, but that doesn't mean he's coming out of this unscathed. Even with Jason's forgiveness, his reputation is effectively ruined and anyone considering doing business with him in the future is going to stumble across this story without even trying: after all, who wants to be involved with someone who is immature and short-sighted enough to think that this 'stunt' was a good idea? Even his attempt at explaining his actions [1] reeks of emotional immaturity and atrocious judgment. Calling him a kid strikes me as a recognition of that immaturity, reinforcing the idea that he's someone not to be trusted in the future.

That said, I don't really agree with the idea of forgiveness in this kind of stalker-ish situation (but that's largely biased by having to experience my little sister being terrorized by an ex- who became a stalker... needless to say, it's not the sort of thing I have any tolerance for), While I don't know Jason, I can empathize with his approach: it's pretty common for people in similar situations to just want to get the entire matter behind them.

[1] https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:QkTa-z...