His history of proven sexual assault did not help matters. However, he was singled out for contradicting the official narrative.
Not to defend the guy’s actions, but don’t forget that he was released from prison because his one conviction was overturned. Doesn’t prove he is innocent (although don’t need to do that in this country) but it does indicate that he was not convicted. My understanding (limited) was that his trial was poisoned by misconduct by the prosecution. The same sort of prosecution that can be expected on any trial of the folks who entered the capitol. So, his coming “out” in their defense is consistent with him.
In the late Sixties and through the Seventies, it was the time of free-love and the drug counter culture, where recreational pill popping was the norm. I was poor and never had the ability to actively do anything but watch, but that I did. If a groovy girl was handed a pill in the time of "Peace Signs and Love Beads" she took it just like any dude.
'Methaqualone became increasingly popular as a recreational drug and club drug in the late 1960s and 1970s, known variously as 'ludes' or 'disco biscuits' due to its widespread use during the popularity of disco in the 1970s, or 'sopers' (also 'soaps') in the United States and "mandrakes" and 'mandies' in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.'My wife said that any girl that put herself into an obvious situation and later claimed molestation did it to keep from appearing a whore to her father. They put themselves into his presence to get whatever they could. To cry foul nowadays, Chicken Little thirty years after the fact should have been laughed out of town.