I always felt bad for the remaining members of the band and how people had a hard time believing that they knew nothing about what Ian was doing. Considering how they were all based in LA and he was based in the UK, it wasn't surprising to me that they didn't know anything about it.
He was allegedly paying for protection, so he either ran out of money or someone just wanted him gone. Apparently his attack a few years ago was because he owed people some money.
It's seared into my brain that in about 2007/2008, Kerrang! magazine did an interview with him that at one point asked, "What do you get through more of in a month, girls or hair products?" I think he said "Lots of both" of something. I wonder if that journalist ever thinks about that. Anyway, a group of us went to our friend Kirsty's house after school one day and I remember her giving away the Ian Watkins poster inside, saying she couldn't stand him and felt like there was something off about him. Crazy how right she was, and probably shows how blind people were to the blatant sexism and "lad culture" of the time that allowed predators like Ian to hide in plain sight. Hopefully his victims have found peace.