[2ndorderthought]

I have no idea what is going on but my guess is this person is in a very rough state and they are genuinely trying to protect them. When someone is psychotic they can have lucid thoughts from time to time but putting them in the spotlight can bring out the worst. In school we had a young woman get on a roof and try to kill themselves not knowing that's what was even happening during I think it was an art class where they were pretty erratic but openly expressing themselves. Obviously it's not always that severe but a lot of things can be said and recorded that can really damage a person's public appearance.

It's hard to imagine 30 some odd people trying to take something that was free from someone in a hostile way. Surely it's happened but my guess is this is a particularly sad story from mostly decent people