I'm sure there is truth in this, but if you guys saw the things these TV shows report (this show, A Current Affair, and one other).. well it's really quite pathetic. There was once an occasion where they both were reporting on the same incident (and the shows play at the same time), and comparing the two stories there was almost nothing alike. It's all sensationalist bullshit.
I'm by no means defending what he did, but the program makes it seem that much worse.