The story seems to me very easily tied into current hot topics - I'm not going to regurgitate the details which are on Wikipedia, but they are pretty disturbing

The story seems to me very easily tied into current hot topics - I'm not going to regurgitate the details which are on Wikipedia, but they are pretty disturbing and link to some key themes for MeToo. Possible alternative hypotheses I'd consider to your logic - maybe people don't care because it's old news? Maybe people just think of the comedian when they hear the name? Maybe people do care and it just hasn't hit HN?