I don’t understand why any of these women didn’t speak out. Didn’t they feel the need to protect other women? Maybe I don’t understand the physiology of it all. But the same happened with several predators.
A women speaks out and then lots of them come out of the woodwork. Weinstein, Cosby both have dozens of women speaking out after the first allegations came out. Then we find out it was going on for decades!
In this case, the few who dared speak out before now (Feldman and Love, for instance) were squashed, damaging their careers badly. It is a crapshoot whether to speak out, move on or take it. There is no reliable crystal ball. There is no guideline.
Recently (within the past 10 years), I had an inappropriate-toucher boss. It was well known, to the point that female employees would "schedule" interruptions while that boss was on-site to avoid being alone with him. There was no HR department and no one to complain to except that pervy boss or the government. It sucked to be in that position, but I was not interested in the drama of litigation or prosecution. I took it long enough to open my own business and haven't looked back.
Under different circumstances, I may have exposed and fought it. If I were younger or I had no options to get out or he was forceful or I had fewer obligations outside of work, thus more time to devote to the drama or making up lost revenue as a result ...
Fighting the good fight, even when 100% in the right, is stressful and time consuming. It has a tremendous negative affect on most lives, costing time, money, friends, sleep and reputation ... with no upside for most women. Rarely is there monetary gain. Usually, the victim is labeled overly-sensitive or a lawsuit lottery liar. Employment prospects diminish permanently, fair-weather friends vanish, marriage suffers, anger and depression, etc.
Even if the victim wins and is vindicated, often it is more trouble and causes more damage in the long run than if she had just quit and moved on or grinned and beared it.