Rednog said:
They knew that he had been accused of rape and being a sexual predator, and yet no one called the cops.
Just to point out. It would not have made any difference if any of them had called the cops.
Without the victim being willing to come forward, give testimony and potentially face her attacker in court, it's unlikely there would even have been an investigation. Furthermore, with the evidence she had it's very unlikely she could have secured a conviction, assuming it was the first time he'd been accused of this kind of thing.
The best they could have done would have been to encourage the victim to go to police (although even that's morally questionable, given that it's probably going to result in a traumatic process for her which ultimately achieves nothing and, given that he's an online figure, potentially exposes her to a huge amount of risk in terms of being identified and harassed). Failing that, all they could really have done was to terminate their relationship with him immediately.
CA's management, unfortunately, didn't do this, and in doing so put everyone else in a very awkward position. While they could have spoken out sooner, doing so would have:
a) been incredibly shitty to the victim, as it effectively exposes her to the risk of identification and harassment
b) been incredibly shitty to his family, as they would have then been exposed to harassment despite not being responsible
c) likely been dismissed by many people as lies or "drama", particularly since noone would be able to provide evidence
Even now, I guarantee that people will attempt to identify the victim for malicious reasons.
