meh, whichever way you go you are going to be scolded... its kinda stupid but yeah help whoever is more closer to you then gosh.... w/e dawn, sometimes im sure you walk across grass you are stepping on poo all the time... manure !=P
My suggestion to you: Keep out of it. Let him work it out. If things take a turn for the worse, guess who's going to get blamed? Besides, if he really is your friend, he would understand. Dumb fucker got himself knee deep in shit and is expecting someone to bail his ass out.