The JS rumours (which later turned out to be 100% true) started way before his death, and whenever he was mentioned on Digital Spy, the thread was closed or deleted iirc. That was odd in itself.
A friend of mine, an NHS nurse, was a student at Stoke Mandeville when JS 'worked' there in the 80's, and she said it was common knowledge he was a dirty perv, but no-one pulled him up on it because he was a brilliant fundraiser for the spinal unit. So PS must have known, too. Strange that he defended him...