I guess you didn't hear the whole story. Someone actually admitted to tricking him. He didn't make anything up. He was duped by someone. He was taken advantage of. The bad part is that even after he had to go through the initial shame, he is being forced to put up with the fact that many people, such as yourself, never did learn the real facts, or have chosen to ignore them for the pleasure of ridicule. I'm hoping that others around here are not second category. Humor is fine, but not at the expense of others. Then it simply becomes cruelty.