Express skepticism about reports alleging wrongdoing by someone and criticize the validity of evidence or timing of these reports.
Damning reports?  You mean three people coming out and making various claims.  Those are damning reports.  Sort of odd that these things all happened many years ago and if he is a serial pedophile, he would be still doing it and there would be people coming forth from more recent events.  Still waiting for those people to come forward.