“A proud heart can survive a general failure because such a failure does not prick its pride” 

-Chinua Achebe

It had been a cold and windy time in 2019 when Sidero’s fate decided to be over career-wise or for it to continue to flourish. His life before his image was tainted. Sidero’s fans thought of him as a cool and cold individual with great music, good looks, confidence, and wealth. In addition, the fans thought Sidero to be a well-mannered person. People often say that one should not believe everything you see or hear on the internet because not everything is true, so to what level did they allow themselves to trust the image built by his company? And himself. 

People did not know what they were about to witness in later years. 

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What the public didn't realize at the time was that the true person they were idolizing was having non-consensual sexual encounters with unconscious people without feeling terrible about it. With the added of avoiding paying millions of dollars in taxes and most likely much more, but the public will never know.

No one knew this because Sidero usually prevented anything from coming out by duping the victim into thinking he was going to take responsibility by marrying them, paying them money, or humiliating his victims into telling them that if they spoke about what happened, the public would never believe them and take their side. 

Sidero evaded paying his taxes because of his close connection to people who work in the government and the media. Sidero has always felt like he was above others, so nothing could happen to him. Essentially during a time when his peers were getting exposed about the crimes they had been committing. Sidero felt on top of the world and didn’t care if someone who he was familiar with got exposed by the media for their ill-doings; it didn't concern him. It wasn’t about himself that it was happening to, so he felt no worries. Plus, if something was discovered, Sidero could brush it off and say it is a boundless rumor to spread hate against him, debunking that they were ever true. Or Sidero could pay the government or media to make something else trend on the trending page as fewer people will be able to find out information that would taint his image, which he has worked hard to maintain. 

Sidero, behind closed doors, continued to make the same decisions as before, not conscious of the timing. He continued to party as long as he wanted. Soon, someone made a post regarding their experience with Sidero, which slowly started to gain some traction;, but Sidero did not pay too much mind to this as he felt like he had a large loyal fanbase that would debunk anything which would cause him to look awful. After the person continued to provide more evidence of what Sierdo had done to them, it inspired others to come out after being afraid of not being believed as they did not feel that way they wanted to fight for their rights. The public’s reaction to this was a mixture of emotions as the proof provided seemed to be accurate and true, but then there was a part of them that would not want to believe it as they have this image of what the person they looked up to was. 

Sidero’s company released a statement saying they would sue those who were saying malicious things about their artist to ruin their reputation. As more and more evidence began to come out, the public started to side with the victim. Some evidence was of Sidero joking about the fact that he raped people and more with the addition of transactions made to quiet the victims into ever telling of what had happened. 

Soon after, the police began investigating what was going on. Sidero testified that everything spread by the internet and the victim was false information. Aside from a few fanatical followers who were still, and probably still are, in denial, the public had a very good sense that he was definitely guilty; all they needed was confirmation from the police. 

Sidero appeared unconcerned, as if in the worst-case situation, he might bribe his way out of prison, have less years in prison, or have special privileges while imprisoned. 

For months, the case was kept low-key since some of the people involved were not prominent personalities and the court wanted to ensure that their privacy was respected. So there was nothing heard for months, just a few tidbits here and there. While Sidero's case was being investigated, the police discovered that he was not paying his taxes, which increased the amount he owed by six times. Also, there were some leaks regarding what was going on in court, but nothing was confirmed at the time because many people kept spreading rumors. The general population went about their daily lives, but in the back of their thoughts, they awaited the outcome of the case. Sidero appeared to be unmoved by his fate in images that leaked on the internet, with that one expression that people typically thought of as cool and mysterious. Now, though they all undoubtedly think Sidero is an arrogant man with low morals now that his image has shifted. Sidero's demeanor appeared to indicate that he was not taking it seriously because, in the back of his mind, he had the advantage, therefore his sentence and the way he would shortly be handled would be different. 

Nobody knew about the circumstances after the recording was released until nearly a year later. Sidero was found to have raped two people as well as not paying taxes, according to the police. He was sentenced to sixteen years in jail (eleven years for rape and five years for tax evasion), plus a fine of $86,271,360.00. So Sidero would most likely be released from prison when he is in his 50s or early 60s. Sidero would need to serve the maximum amount of time in this portion of the world. The public was enraged, rapidly typing on mobile devices as they desired Sidero would serve for life, but there was also a spark of delight as his privilege did not affect the court's decision. 

The fate of Sidero is still unclear. He's still capable of submitting an appeal,  which could reduce the number of years he'd have been sentenced to prison; and thus, there’s no foreseeable future for Sidero, but it's much clearer than it used to be. This simply reminded and taught people that there are filthy individuals with masks out there in the world, so don't believe everything you see on the internet. Also, don't get excessively emotionally attached to someone you discovered on the internet since, at the end of the day, only they know who they are and what they have the capacity of doing.