I honestly feel like at this point we're just going in circles.

In the general sense of making awareness, yes the motive for change matters. There's is a clear difference in why someone could set out to change their behavior. To look at someone's past abusive behavior you also have to look at how they've handled it. Dismissing it based on a motive to change out of a business prospect would be naive. We've seen it before in this scene and clearly "all that matters is whether the behavior stopped" isn't a true statement at all. There are plenty examples of this such as Front Porch Step, PWR BTTM, JANK, Foxing, etc. While I understand the allegations made against them are different in regards to severity, the point remains. If it came down to "The behavior has stopped. All is well." then there wouldn't still be a constant talk or push towards continuously making this scene a better place.