He could have phrased it differently though. He made it sound like he was siding with the accusers.
It doesn’t even matter if they are telling the truth.
The “victims” were over 16 at the time, in a state where the age of consent is 16. As far as I understand it.
In a country where men are literally brainwashed from a young age that sexual conquest is normal for men, and everything sexual (yes even deviant behavior) is something that should be praised you would think people wouldn’t be so outraged over literally THE MOST VANILLA of “modern American sexuality:” A sexually mature man being physically attracted to sexually mature females.