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Just feels that making a moral judgement on this via twitter might be shaky ground.
Perhaps I'm sensitive to this because a friend of mine was convicted of murder in my younger years and he was always nice to me. He was an exemplary friend. Right until he killed somebody. It took some time, maybe even years, for me to process the facts.
But fair dos, I totally understand that his friends expressing positive sentiments about a dead alleged rapist can be construed as diminishing the seriousness of his behaviour.
Stonehedge-
Without knowing the details of your friend, I’d suggest the main difference is that Morillo reportedly had a pattern of predatory and abusive behaviour towards women.
Saying nothing would be better, but saying things like “he wasn’t perfect”, “he was complex”, “he had his failings”, etc. as a euphemism for he was a rapist, makes it very clear which side you (not you personally) stand on.
Markyboy
Given his behaviour was common knowledge, maybe not be his friend?