Couple of observations... he clearly is a dishonest liar who, when challenged in a very low key way (calling him a PITA in a muttered tone) decided to 'show her' by exaggerating what she said up into a long, loud rant. Smacks very much of 'how dare a woman challenge me!'
He was diagnosed as ASD. This is going to annoy some MN's, but there's a tendency on here to dismiss ASD people's behaviour as 'they can't help it, they have ASD'. This is why it shouldn't be dismissed. The reasons why people do annoying, bullying, cruel and criminal things is complex, and we should have compassion. But people shouldn't be let off the hook. All assholes ever all had some kind of MH problem. This one is no different. He's still an a-hole and needs to be taught decisively that it won't be tolerated by others.
And finally, Jesus God the DM editorial is shocking. The same point make over and over throughout the article. Then a little more info. Then another headline point repeated with a little more info. And the clickbait ads in between- who ever clicks on that stuff?!! I am so tired of having to scroll through drivel to get to the key information in articles and recipes these days. Never mind having to scroll through dozens of ads for Temu and Shein to get to something decent on google. The internet is awash with effluent and needs a deep clean!!