here's my take on people with criminal pasts: i have known (a very few, but still a valid point) a few people with criminal pasts--NOT rapey people, either people with drug convictions or committing crime for $--who are COMPLETELY UPFRONT about said activities, and who have transformed themselves into what i consider to be good people, valuable assets to our academy.
there is a VAST DIFFERENCE between someone saying, "this is what i did, this is why i did it, and this is what i have done to change myself and help others in the process" and someone NOT SAYING ANYTHING/TRYING TO IGNORE OR COVER UP.
undoubtedly "master" lloyd will eventually have to address the issue of his rapist ways (remember, the victim DID testify that lloyd raped her)...i'm sure that such is the subject of much brainstorming among his professional marketing (i.e., professional liars and manipulators) mentors and crowd.
i consider rape to be FAR different than criminal activity motivated by economic hardship, or by drug abuse. there is something so intrinsically WRONG with rape, to THE EXACT DEGREE that there is something wrong with torture. THEY ARE ONE AND THE SAME.
if someone participated in torture twenty years ago, should they be forgiven? look at how the israels still hunt nazis, even though said nazis probably haven't showered anyone with zyklon-b in decades. the degree of severity of the crime negates normal arguments about change, rehabilitation, et cetera.
now, let's say that indeed lloyd WAS repentant; how would he handle this issue? again, by being direct and upfront, HONEST, and WITHOUT CONCERN FOR HIS LITTLE MLM/GET RICH QUICK enterprises.
his silence is damning, as it indicates not remorse, but STRATEGY.