Not that I think what he has allegedly done is particularly weird/shameful, but clinical depression can make you act in strange ways that you barely recognise/comprehend once you’re ‘better’, believe me. I won’t bore you with details, but maybe a tabloid can look into it when they have time. Suffice to say, I was subcontracted by the BBC at the time.
I doubt very much he’s ‘playing the card’; the past week’s events would have sent the most levelheaded to the funny farm.
I feel sympathy for the ‘young person’ and their family too, but they should probably have given the Sun a wide berth.