I'll be honest. I call bullshit on Jacob even knowing. As far I know he wasn't well like by the others in Channel Awesome. They were friendly but they certainly didn't trust them. They may have had their heads up their asses but they weren't idiots. He was making himself known for being a backstabber well before he fucked over Nash. I remember hearing way back in 2010 never to trust him. He was a backstabber who couldn't be couldn't ever shut the fuck up. Not to mention no one could stand him. Part of the reason he's so bitter about Channel Awesome is because none of the more popular people there wanted anything to do with him. The way I understand it, very few knew the whole trust about Justin. I guarantee no one there trusted Jacob enough to tell him.
If anyone told him anything it was the fans who didn't know better than to not trust JO. He may have heard rumors at Cons but that's it, just vague rumors. If anything he may have heard something about the grooming shit but he probably wouldn't have put it together as anything wrong. Let's remember, Jacob's an idiot from the hills who if I remember correctly had problems getting through college. Do you think a moron like him is going to know what grooming is? I know Jacob likes to think he's smarter and more superior than everyone else in the room but he always came off as clueless to me.
Not too mention everyone knew he couldn't shut the fuck up. If it was juicy gossip that didn't make him look bad he would blab it everywhere. Even if something wasn't real and he knew it he'd still tell everyone. Jacob love him some gossip back in the day. What woman wanting to keep their attack secret would have trusted him enough to tell him. If I was raped by Justin, Jacob would have been the last person I'd trust. Not too mention he was talking shit about Channel Awesome as early as 2011. Especially after he fucked over Nash. He wouldn't have ignored a chance to make Channel Awesome looked bad.
I think Jacob thought he'd sound like he was important and morally superior to everyone else so he told everyone he knew all along. He was just too stupid to realize that by saying that, people would think he protected a sexual predator all these yeas. Which kinda cracks me up because he likes to paint himself as a champion for women.
If I'm wrong and he did know this whole time fuck him, he's a bigger piece of shit than I ever thought he was and in case you couldn't tell I already hated Jacob long, long, long time before now. Remember the first rule of Chapman, Jacob always lies. Either way, fuck Jacob. He was know nothing piece of shit back in the day and he's still a know nothing piece of shit
TL;DR He's full of shit and is only faking like he knew something because he wants everyone to pay attention to him and think he's important. (he's not)