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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-
I can't find anything about his behaviour towards women other than his recent arrest. Not before his death anyway. Perhaps his friends weren't aware of his reputation?
I just wonder what the average person would do if their close friend was arrested for rape and killed himself within a month or two. That's not much time to process what takes a long time to process.
Anyway, it's not a point really worth debating. The fact people think they are diminishing rape culture even though I don't think that is clear has the same effect as if they were.
Stonehedge
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.