You are right, Fountainhall, and even if, as I truly, deeply hope, that Clarke was innocent of the charges, my view of the man has still been tarnished because of that nagging doubt.

 

Collateral damage of the judicial system, and simultaneous trial by media? There seems to be no solution to the problem.

I have always been a fan of SF, and Arthur C. Clarke has been one of my favorites since Childhoods End.  I too thought both the accusations against him and Pletnev were highly questionable, and agree that something should be done to insure that people or agencies who make such charges without proof are punished as severely as the individuals they blacken.