While I think there's a real possibility that some of the things talked about and claimed in Gio's articles are true, it's already been verifiably proven that he went out of his way to lie about other things. He sorta put himself in a really bad situation if his goal was to actually get the word out about a bad situation, because on one hand if the things mentioned in the article are true it's clear a lot of stress was put on a lot of people by the actions of some people and threatening legal action and then not following through on that looks like a deliberate scare tactic, but on the other hand Gio has proven without a doubt that his account of matters can NOT under any circumstances be fully trusted. Unless someone else "spills the beans" on this topic, someone unrelated to either Gio or the other parties involved, someone which likely does not exist, we will never get a satisfying and trustworthy conclusion to any of this.
And that sucks.