Psst I'm 30 y/o so it wouldn't count as molesting
You have a point though. The media benefits from all of this. But why is it a such big deal? Maybe there was a reason for the coverup. Someone wanted to withhold the information until the time is right to blackmail the person or to release the info to turn it into a larger issue to distract everyone from other more serious, emerging issues that'd inflict the responsibles.