It's not just what he said when he was 17 years old, it's how he's handling it now, if he hadn't made such a song and dance about refuting these allegations I wouldn't have known anything about it. We can all make mistakes and say stupid and ignorant things as teenagers, if it comes up later in life you apologise for it, express regret for it and move on. But not Nigel, he never apologises for anything, and doubles down on everything as a reflex action, anyone who says anything against him is lying or trying to deny him his freedom of speech.