Based on what he was accused of? You want all of your friends to ditch you based on an accusation? Regardless of the Epstein thing, this is not a take that you have given much thought.

I could accuse you right now of touching 5 year olds in the park, and by your own claim, you would want all of your friends to abandon you.

Your whole rationale about power imbalances doesn’t even make sense in this context. He is writing unix tools, not running a daycare.