I agree with you. That's why I never bad-mouthed Roy Moore before the election, even though I had serious concerns about him as a candidate.
Heck -- When these allegations were coming out I told people I would have voted for Moore even if they were all TRUE.
Roy Moore would have been a terrible candidate in New Jersey, or Oregon, or Pennsylvania. In Alabama, Arkansas, or Oklahoma, Roy Moore would have been just fine as a candidate. A lot of people want to judge candidates in other states by the demographics of their own state, and a lot of people don't realize that what will work in their state, might not work in another, and vice versa.
Heck -- When these allegations were coming out I told people I would have voted for Moore even if they were all TRUE.
I eventually came to that same conclusion because Moore has no subsequent history of such behavior, and I believe people can redeem themselves over time. I also postulated the possibility that this Leigh Corfman attempted to pass herself off as an older woman, and didn't inform Moore of her real age until she was in his home in the middle of this hanky panky. (Assuming there is any truth to this story at all.)
I've seen many instances of young girls trying to grow up too fast, and playing exactly this sort of game with older men, and it seems more plausible than the theory that an assistant district attorney would knowingly involve himself with a 14 year old. Presumably this Leigh Corfman would have had the appearance of a fully developed female physique. I can recall several occasions when I was shocked to be told that some particular well developed and tall "woman" was in fact 12 years old.
It happens, and it makes more sense than the story we have been fed.