sure the girls/now-women involved had and have no complaints. but still...he and the others who were with those 2 girls took advantage of them, IMO. as savvy as the girls were they still just couldn't have known exactly that they were getting into. and it wasn't right for grown men who knew better to use them like that. thankfully these women ended up w/o regrets but it could've been so much worse for them as it has been for countless other similarly situated girls/now-women. it's sexual exploitation of children even if the kid(s) involved are okay w/what's happening.

so i'm not down w/it even though i don't think DB's wrong is not as egregious as wrongs committed by similarly situated dudes.

for example, i think Polanski's wrong is worse than Bowie's even though Polanski had fewer victims (only one AFAIK). it's b/c Polanski's victim complains about what happened and describes it as rape IIRC (http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/nov/03/roman-polanski-victim-samantha-geimer-extradition-refusal-the-right-thing).

i think Kellz's wrong is worse than Bowie's b/c he had more 'victims' and that damned video Kellz made has been circulated widely. so now that girl's/now-woman's exploitation is preserved for history. plus Kellz seems like a bit of a sexual predator in the way he goes after girls in kid settings whereas Bowie picked up girls in adult settings.

i think Gaye's wrong is about the same as Bowie's. i'm less troubled by that one even though i think Gaye took advantage of Janis.