Yeah it was a tough call for the EOS team I am sure but I think they decided they better act fast before facing mass public backlash. Brock has done a lot for the entire crypto world but like you said he has some skeletons in his past that haunt him. Now he was not charged with anything and he was basically a kid at the time the recent environment and the pitchfork ways of social media do not play in his favor even if he is completely innocent.

I wrote a response to John Oliver here in a blog post on steemit. Would be cool if you checked it out.