Some people live their lives online, others don't. I won't comment on how much benefit of the doubt he deserves, but whether he defends himself on the internet

Some people live their lives online, others don't. I won't comment on how much benefit of the doubt he deserves, but whether he defends himself on the internet or not should be totally irrelevant to that decision. 99.9% of us are by-standers who have no right to demand any justifications from any participants.