As a general rule, . The federal government mandates that you can be held liable for only $50 of unauthorized charges, and many credit card companies even waive that.

This is if the credit cards were stolen. What may be the sticky point ? in this awful, sticky story ? is if the credit card companies want to argue that your friend gave the girl his credit cards or somehow authorized the charges.

This is not a legal opinion. Your friend should probably talk to another lawyer, ASAP.