The scoop is that ABC played up sex talk while waiting to vote and alluded to the former page was a minor. ABC intentionally hid this fact, so they lied about the whole facts of the case. Yes he IM him as a 17 year old with overly friendly (creepy) message(s), however, that has not been the uproar. The sex talk was and ABC and the donks flamed this. There will be significant blowback on the mnow.
They screwed up royally.
If this had happened in Late October there may have not been time to vet it.
Hitting this early will allow the the light of truth a chance.