The problem for Lloyd being the one to break "secondhand" news is that he is also accused of being a pedophile by "secondhand" sources. If I'm the JWs and the press asks me about this I'd rightfully say that the person making the accusations has himself been accused of grooming and sexually abusing someone underage. Without any real evidence, this actually hurts the cause because of the source of information.
If he was thinking of someone other than himself and actually cared about the cause he would have channeled it through someone who had an untarnished record.
He can't have it both ways. He can't say when it comes to him all secondhand stories should not be believed because they are secondhand. But, when it comes to his secondhand information about someone else it should 100% believed.