Back in the 1990s I heard plausible rumours that a young singer songwriter folkie I knew,
a right cocky little shite with a reputation for bedding women,
had sexually assaulted/raped a student.

There was no proof or complaints to police,
and on the surface our social circle continued as usual...

He wasn't a young bloke I was particularly fond of anyway,
and on the occasions I met him at gigs I tried to avoid more contact than necessary.
I couldn't know if the rumours were true, but it worsened my opinion of him...

Some weeks later we heard he and the girl had started going out as a couple.

So I just had to shrug it off and try to let go of my suspicions of him...

I daresay this sort of situation was not that uncommon in the music scene
of the last half century or more...?????