You can ask such a question in this politically sensitive day and age? Where accusation alone is enough to impeach, and legal findings of innocense are meaningless?
I didn't ask a question, I stated an opinion. And I can tell you with certainty that if I were falsely accused of something similar that I'd fight like hell for justice and to restore my reputation. Instead, he took the easy (and cowardly) way out. .....And utterly destroyed the lives of his family in the process.