>>11000088It wasn't outright cp. He collected large amounts of vintage erotica (tens of thousands of "artsy" films, photos, magazines, etc. but no amateur or hardcore shit) which he purchased in bulk lots. A lot of it was homoerotic stuff (pretty much confirming that he was secretly gay or bi), and out of all that shit, the cops claimed to have found dozens of photos depicting persons under 18 in sexual conduct
Either he genuinely didn't know about those particular photos (somewhat believable if he was a bulk buyer), or he knew but didn't think the persons were underage, or maybe he knew they were underage but didn't think it was criminal due to the context of the photos. Either way, just dozens out of thousands of images doesn't exactly scream "raging pedo that's a threat to kids everywhere"
So he was a gay turbofapper for sure and probably a virgin, but the pedo part is a real stretch which is why most people forgave him and allowed him to move on with his life in his later years
