It’s sad how people are so convinced it was the gossiping that lead to suicide. Not the inability of facing the music.
It’s also sad how people are so keen to believe the accused, in face of an overwhelmingly number of accusers. Burying their heads in the sand, pretending these abuses don’t happen within our communities. Citing the need for irrevocable proof. The word of two witnesses was enough for beis din, yet now we tell ourselves 20+ people are in cahoots with eachother just to besmirch the name of an individual.
It’s this burying our heads in the sand is exactly what enables abusers to get away with what they’re doing.