In America, we're supposed to be considered innocent until proven guilty. It's a shame it really only takes an accusation.
Also, presumption of innocence applies to the law, not to HN comments.
The legal system should presume innocence. It's completely reasonable for people have lower standards for assuming guilt.
I probably won't describe someone as evil for committing victimless crimes. But MPDV is a hard drug that's connected to serious, graphic crimes. I believe he was involved with trafficked women in third-party countries, that's rape. So I easily believe both the murder and rape accusations.
Open and shut case then. So unattributed "reported" anecdotes on the internet are all it takes these days, huh. No wonder it's so easy to smear and bury people.
Everyone here on HN is so strict about online security and providence and yet assign truth to a story based on anonymous anecdotes.
"Likely" is a fully appropriate term, since all evidence points to that being the case, but (as you say) there has been no trial to subject that thesis to evidence.
2) He was found guilty in civil court.
3) If he wanted to be judged by American standards he should've perhaps stayed in America.
4) You're acting like accusations of torturing and murdering your (yes actually dead) neighbor happen regularly to random people. Cancel culture, amirite?
But as others have already pointed out, a court already found him guilty, and it's moot anyway.
Innocent until proven guilty is an admission to your own flaws in judging another person. You can live life without that admission, but they are still present within you.