Hola David

This "le" referring to "him" as a direct object is a use of le as lo that is not that unusual in some parts of Spain. The use of le as "him" (not her) is accepted by the Spanish Academy; it's called "leísmo". You can read a bit about this here. 

I've changed it though to "lo" to reflect the more general norm for direct object pronouns.

Gracias y saludos

Inma