Your prejudices are showing ray.
Is ok to leave someone with a slur on their character, cause worry as well as untold stress to their family? The fact it is a well known person in this community is not the point, we know about it only because of who he is this could equally be an 'ordinary' person.
I am of the opinion it takes far to long to bring charges and thereby court proceedings in far to many cases. I was witness to a very minor punch-up with no real injury to the victim. It was nearly a year before the case was heard then dismissed, this was after having turned up to twice previously only to have the hearing cancelled. The stress for the young man accused must have been awful and also for the victim and his wife who I vaguely knew.