You will need to assume the following as true: my good friend had a vindictive person make a false sexual assault charge about him at work (she has a pattern of doing this). He lost his job. Really horrible that it happened. Now he has a job helping family friends w/ some online content. 

Anyway, I have a small list of friends in the arts, some of whom are clients, others are collaborators. He meets one at a show where she performed (we went to see her). She finds out about the allegations that evening, but acts fine-ish about it. A month later, he proceeds to slide into her DMs on instagram (she doesn't follow him, they have had no online or other contact) asking her to do acting work for a marketing campaign.

All I can think is "This **** didn't think I should be the one asking her if she'd want to do the work after she hears he may sexually assault ppl? 1) More likely she'd say yes if it wasn't out of the blue 2) Now she's gonna be too afraid to talk to me because of the company I keep randomly messaging her." I get that he didn't deserve what happened to him but can he at least try and not screw up my friendships/have some tact? Maybe I'm the asshole. Merry Xmas from Chicago, regardless. 