The real losers in all of this are undoubtedly the daughters, filled with bile dispensed by their mother and now old enough to realise what has actually gone on.
No winners in this but the lawyers.
I dont know this guy at all, but unfortunately this story line is all too familiar.
There are websites where people get together and share strategies of how to make their exs lives miserable. If you think people on here are vindictive, you have not seen anything.
I hope he had some good mates, it sounds like this was a never-ending saga. Life changes like divorce, being removed from your children, relocating your home are all very stressful. It take a person a very good character and resolve to get through it. It sounds like he kept it together and moved on with his life, looks like she didn't.
Children are smarter than people give them credit for, play the long game and they will come around and work out what is going on.