His antics have been known for a long time.
Doesn’t mean he didn’t do any good things, but he was a communist as well, and to be that’s anti-American.
No. His “antics” have not been long named. All we heard was that he cheated on his wife. So do lots of people who are famous and travel alone to many cities and are strong figures with lots of fans. We never knew he was a party to rape and orgies etc.