@tyil @goku12 @cafkafk it's not new. The story is quoted here:
https://daringfireball.net/2019/09/richard_stallmans_disgrace
Stallman has acknowledged that this story is legitimate in a non-apology here:
https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#19_July_2020_(A_note_to_Betsy_S.)
(let me know if you need me to explain why this is not a good apology)