the problem isn't Anthony, or at least he isn't the biggest problem here. The main problem is that there are people who would listen to and act (for example by

the problem isn't Anthony, or at least he isn't the biggest problem here. The main problem is that there are people who would listen to and act (for example by doing or not doing business with the victim) upon the Internet gossip. It doesn't really matter whether Dave and the author had or didn't have the affair - even if they had it would be their private life that is of no concern to anybody else.