[steve-b]

I can believe that someone might commit suicide over the shame of being branded a fraud in a way so central to his chosen way of life. That leaves open the question of whether the bogus accusation itself originated in willful malice.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

That leaves open the question of whether the bogus accusation itself originated in willful malice.

Guaranteed it did. But I think the accusation was an events-based version of Stalin's "useful idiots" model.