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Kinda sorta.I don't think it's like Michael Jackson raping children
More on the side of if we really dig someone's music, we can tend to look upon accusations as a threat to something/someone we love, and want to defend the accused, rather than side with the alleged victim.
We think we're being even-handed, but really we're biased because we are emotionally invested in the whole thing just fucking going away and not being true.
If it's someone we hate - we're very happy to go in all guns blazing.
Natural human reaction. We see things as we are.
A lot more people would be "wait let's hear the facts" on Damon Albarn or David Bowie, versus a little more "fuck that douchebag, hope he hangs" if it was Kanye or the 1975 dude.
But a big part of what victims face when they weigh up seeking justice against someone with significantly more power than them; the stan backlash.