I had close family living not too far from Gary Glitter's early 1980s West Country party house...

His activities were an open secret and generally laughed off as harmless fun by envious local blokes
"that lucky rich show off pop star bastard - all that jailbait throwing themselves at him.."

My 15 year old cousin at the local Comprehensive school had friends & class mates who were very flattered to be invited to his parties..

When he was eventually arrested, folks still thought it was a bit of a joke, until they heard rumours of abuse against toddlers and babies..

Not too many years previous in the mid 70s, a 13 year old cousin became engaged to her 21 year old boyfriend..
"He's alright, he's got a job, a suit, a car, and pays for a round.."

If I recall, my early teenage band might have played at their engagement party...???

..and a distant elderly Uncle who was considered the "Dirty Old Man" of his village, leering after, and allegedly touching up young girls, He was regarded as just a harmless joke - a village character...

That was a reality of semi rural West Country culture seemingly accepted as 'normal' back only a generation ago...