I've known Carmen for over 20 years now, and he's always been nothing but a straight shooter and wonderful person to me in all that time. I've never worked with him, but my sister-in-law did, and she is still friends with him and his family. Heck, he even told me I was allowed to sign for UTAD tailgate catering when no one else was available (for whatever good my signature was).
I may be biased, but I'll definitely take his word over hers.
Uh, excuse me, but a poster on the VS who is always 100% correct (just ask her) says that Carmen made this whole story up. So I don't care how long you've known him, you're clearly wrong.