Good point about relevance. I can make a few guesses why they put it out there (including, but not limited to, a kind of defensive signal "please hear us out,

Good point about relevance. I can make a few guesses why they put it out there (including, but not limited to, a kind of defensive signal "please hear us out, we're good people here", which would be understandable, since they're threatened). But it's predictably inviting both biased/triggered negative reactions, as well as other people who wonder why you're leading with that when allegations are about something else. I'm not a PR expert, so I can only guess at what all nuances they have to juggle. As a person, I imagine the situation has been pretty rough on a number of people.