Alright, time to come clean.
I have known chussian/haveuseenmycellar since before either of us were into beer. I knew his gf from college and very casually knew him until the T25 release. At this point, I was only an entry level beer geek, so I was content to show up at 10am and score two bottles of T25 only. Consequently, I missed all the supposed drama. In fact, the bigger offenses (T25, the knife incident, Goose Island this last weekend) I have not been privy to. Anyway, after running into him at T25, we became better friends due to the shared interest of beer. I certainly understand and don't really object to any of the critiques laid out here (except the lisp, I haven't noticed that), but he's always been cool with me and generally generous. Yeah, he's been pushy at times and has asked me to mule before (I haven't), but for the most part, he's been amiable. And to be fair, when I've told him I wasn't comfortable with muling, he would drop it. So I have judged him on my own personal experiences.
So at the next big event (Beat?), I'll probably be hanging with him at some point. I'd like to not get judged for my association with him and I don't get the feeling that I would, but it has crossed my mind. I have no interest in engaging in the practices that he has supposedly engaged in (his version of the stories tend to differ from what you guys say, of course) and by no means endorse them.
For the record, I have no interest in relaying any **** talking from this board to him.