I do have a hard time believing that there has been so OP going on for over a decade to ruin vic's life, so it's likely this third option.
But I 100% believe that in the current situation, Monica and her people are lying. Theyve resorted to doxing and lying about getting swatted, and this all started because ANN needed the heat taken off then after a former employee was outted as a predator and the founder was accused of misconduct, why should I believe them?
Unfortunately if they lose this court case it's going to discredit anyone vic actually got too touchy feely with, i dont think it ever got as far as molestation or sexual assault though, if he is guilty.
I've heard one story where he got caught in a closet making out with someone that may or may not have been of age, and someone I know said they heard that he go caught with someone in his hotel room, they weren't actually doing anything but it was still weird that someone that might not be legal was in his hotel room, so they dont invite him back.
And I heard the first story back in 2010.
It's gonna become a verbal tic, but that's because it
doesn't go back decades. It goes back
exactly to 2010. That's why you heard the first story in 2010. He never did any of it. There's zero evidence of any accusation before 2010 except him being a big ol' meanie - which only started popping up once he started talking about yaoi fangirls being silly/him not wanting to sign yaoi (circa 2006). In 2009 he said in no uncertain terms he wasn't into yaoi and never would be and 'it's okay if you are, but I'm not', and the cons where he said this got recorded and uploaded onto youtube.
Just like magic, the rumors appeared by 2010.
Occasionally 4chan made mention of him being a creeper before that,
but it's 4chan. That kind of accusation from them means nothing.
The stories you're quoting are all nonsense rumors created starting 2010 (though the sex creeper ones really started in 2012, there was the odd story tossed around from 2010 onward). It
hasn't gone back decades. They just want you to
think it has, because it lends weight if they were around for 20-30 years, compared to all materializing overnight less than a decade ago in direct response to Vic being anti-yaoi. And yes. It has been going on to ruin Vic's life since 2010 because fujoshi are
legitimately that petty and nasty. It's not an exaggeration. Trace it back to the source and you'll always find an enraged fujo complaining that Vic didn't agree their pretty boy of choice is gay.
I'll say it for the nth time. It doesn't go back decades. There is no fire. There's only fujos burning with rage and spite at a man who refused to bow to them.