It was widely known that he kept attractive women around and probably slept with them. It was widely known that these women were probably prostitutes. But so wh

It was widely known that he kept attractive women around and probably slept with them. It was widely known that these women were probably prostitutes. But so what? The moral transgression here is not sleeping with prostitutes or being lecherous. The moral transgression is conscripting underage girls into prostitution. And it's not at all clear that that was widely known in his social circle.