When Jerome Brunton was informed that Jonathan Cooper was seen in Esteria and might be involved in Talia's kidnapping that year, Jerome spoke in detail about that incident. It was Joanna Cooper who was the daughter of Obediah Cooper who orchestrated the kidnapping and Jonathan Cooper had left Esteria even before the kidnapping and so no one suspected him. No one even knew him as Obediah's son either since he used an alias while in Esteria.
Apparently Joanna demanded that she wanted her father's assets to be unfrozen since she is not the one who did wrong. But Jerome was adamantly opposed to that idea since it was against the law. Then she demanded a large amount of money which Jerome agreed to, but then Joanna snapped and threatened to hurt Talia nonetheless and Jerome had to go in the offence. Cyrus successfully rescued Talia.
