OMG there are some drama llamas here!
Can't say I am a PS fan by any means (or HW), don't watch TM because I have an actual job at that time of the day, and tolerate them on DOI.
However, people - em, facts???! PS came out. He'd been married for a long time to a woman, and he'd essentially lied by omission. He's far from the only one, certainly in his generation. Wife (while no doubt heartbroken) and children still close to him. Whatever. Rumours??? Just that. I've had awful rumours about me way back in the day, which were utter bullshite and categorically untrue - almost to the point of being laughable. And I am far from being in the public eye.
HW has supported PS throughout. They work together, have worked together for years, the families holiday together. No obvious reason why she should lie about having shingles to get a week off (before she joins him again presumably next week!)??
PS took time off during what must have been a very stressful time for his family - wouldn't you? He is not his brother's keeper. He could have gone to the police all he wanted - they wouldn't have taken him under their notice if the victim had not made a complaint. He had his elderly mother to consider as well. He couldn't pre-judge the outcome of the trial, even if he was pretty sure what it was going to be.
It was his brother on trial, not PS. Would you be content to lose your job because of the crimes of your sibling?? And of course he didn't want to dwell on it when he returned. He's stated his case, whether or not you think it's genuine is neither here nor there.
But hey, why let the facts get in the way of a great story? If there's dirt to come out, it will do, it always does in the end. Some of you should have a great career in creative writing though. There was no reason whatsoever, from what is in the public domain, why PS shouldn't return to work today, brass necks be damned. If you have evidence to the contrary, then share it in the appropriate channels.
Anything else is just scurrilous gossip and pure speculation.