So you were already judged and he didn't judge you. Well, having sided with my very own psychopath in Wonderland, I know how it feels to want something that badly you'll take ay risk.
Cornered how? Hardly a friend if that's the case.
See its complicated. Like Regina, I know I've made mistakes, ever letting Jafar in my life was the latest but far from the first. But I won't judge someone unless they hurt me specifically.
I don't see why that's a bad thing. Ive been that survivor.