OK....But this is way different to many peoples' moods earlier today/yesterday, where people were all "kill the pedo!!!!!!! Raaaaaaarrrrrghhh!!!!"
Mr. Beast exploits people, this is known. The guy's brother-in-law even is one of the "leakers" of Mr. Beast's "abuse" of workers.
I think, if I was a teen (even at 16 or later at 21), and this was my first time interacting with cops, and it was something serious like that, I think I'd do a plea deal or whatever else, anything they told me, so I could make the situation go away.
When I was over 18, I got caught peeing in public and basically froze instead of running away, all because I didn't know what to do and didn't want to upset the person who caught me.
Careful, you're veering into "#beliveallwomen" territory with "accusations take years to come out". I'm not saying it's not true, but you have to take a fine comb.
Point is, people need to temper themselves. Not everything needs a witchhunt as a response. This is what I mean when I say "Puritan".
But it can still be an excuse to deflect attention if the person making the excuse is being made to feel they committed a big crime and need a scapegoat.
Oh wait, that's usually the case for the adult women, too.
Fine comb. And again, that's probably why the case is being dropped in a few months. It is being dropped because he literally "did nothing wrong" (like his BIL says).
@Aldo2 "accusations sometimes take years to come out" is way less of an "excuse" for a grown ass woman than it is an 11 year old. Just saying.