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Really complicated part is that he probably doesn't see it as grooming (MANY groomers would hand on heart say they're not and believe it) and it might not even have been an intent for it to become a non-platonic relationship.

So giving the benefit of the doubt,

He cultivated a relationship - whether he intended to or not - with a power and experience differential with a young boy who clearly had a lot of admiration for him and developed feelings for him. That can happen unintentionally but when that becomes clear that's when the "Philip" in the situation is supposed to say "Oh dear I didn't know you had those sorts of feelings, this wasn't my intention and is deeply inappropriate and we need to step away from this."

Not "Whoohoo drop your pants".

He really downplays that imbalance by saying he "kinda sorta acknowledges that he did something wrong". This wasn't a lapse of willpower and a one-night hookup it was an ongoing relationship. That's not an "error" it's a choice.

I can appreciate that the onslaught is awful for any human and the media is the beast that it is. Losing his career is consequence enough. He has more than enough money to live out the rest of his life comfortably - he does not need to work in entertainment again. Ever.

So yes on the one hand I think the press "should" leave this part alone, BUT there does need to be a push to find out if there's more, if there was facilitation and a cover-up, and to find out if it is indeed a "culture" and not just about Schofield.

Schofield himself though? He needs to accept that his career and life in the public eye is over and move on. He doesn't have to be on telly giving interviews. If he's truly done nothing worth investigating and it's all "legal and above board" then he could move to a cottage in the middle of nowhere, read some philosophy and try to be a better person for himself.

This sort of smacks of him trying to salvage some scrapings of a career, and being more concerned about "what people think of him" than with actually becoming a better person. Becoming a better person doesn't need an audience.