He wasn’t revealed, it was a widely known but never spoke of fact. It was only allowed to be “revealed” when he was dead and there was no money to be made from him anymore.
The truth is that he was allowed to get away with it because he was famous and making TV executives rich.
Anyone who lived around Leeds during his heyday knew he was fucked up.
That and English libel laws, which were designed to prevent the servants from challenging their abusive betters, and thus are heavily weighted against the defendant to the point where the US refuses to recognise UK libel judgments against its citizens.
There’s a number of British public figures alive today about whom one knows terrible truths will emerge the moment they’re confirmed dead and thus unable to sue.
