There’s a difference between criminal culpability and what’s right. If a grown man posted a photo shirtless with your underaged daughter in a bathroom, and he says “I’m shirtless for an unrelated reason, dw about it”, you’re not gonna believe it.

The public perception or even reality doesn’t have to align with court proceedings. Look at OJ. Everyone know he did it, and says it. You want no one to reference OJ as innocent because he wasn’t convicted?