<Study the Jimmy Savile case in the UK and you will see why.
I just saw a documentary about him on YT a few weeks ago. What a nasty person.
You’re right, so many people were star struck, that even when people tried to tell what was going on, no one believed them and told them how terrible they were for even thinking this guy could do wrong.
An utter skeev.
If you can find it, Louis Theroux’s interview with him is utterly creepy...knowing what we know now.