I never said the guy's a saint. Water seeks its own level, and he's probably as troubled as she was. To the best of his limited ability, it seems he cared about her and tried to protect her.
The alleged scam hasn't been proven. In terms of credibility, johns and "hobbyists" are close to the bottom of my list. Any dangers they may encounter while exploiting women are not my priority.
unfortunately, men are not neatly divided between "saints" and "johns"
Most men I've known, including close relatives, friends, co-workers, university educated professionals working in NYC, etc have at one point or another done any one of the following:
1-been johns either in the USA or overseas,
2-visited strip joints and had sex with strippers.
3-visited massage parlors
3-had affairs and cheated on their wives or GFs.
If you think most men are "saints" you are sadly mistaken.
As MW herself said to her mother.. her clients included doctors, LE, lawyers, etc.
sometimes it amazes me how clueless women are when it comes to what really goes on in men's heads and what they are really like.
Going by your own reasoning, most of men must fall at the "bottom of your list"
Passing judgement on someone who visited a prostitute, stripper, massage parlor is passing judgement on most of the males out there.. including fathers, grandfathers, doctors, judges, politicians, etc