"Discovering that the man you idolize may be a serial rapist is a bit traumatic. I don’t imagine it is anything near to the trauma of the alleged victims. Nevertheless, I found it unsettling."

So by saying his trauma was not anything near the trauma of the victims means nothing huh? His trauma is still notable and I think that was stated to get the reader to realize how hard this was for him to accept. This was his idol who he was around on a daily basis. It's like finding out that your father is a rapist or something. He even said it in an interview that Bill Cosby was 2nd to his father in the men he looked up to.