My thing on this is, he's still lying. So the lie wasnt 10 years ago. it was 10 hours ago. He's shown to be a liar. You look at the totality of his character and its not good. With zero indication he's really changed aside from saying so. And as you said, he has a lot of motivation to SAY he's changed.
He contacted the victim a few weeks ago. Fontaine did so recently. Sure, they wrap it up in "we want to help" but it could also be perceived as a different type of intimidation.
Pallister having a home in Costa Rica was made into a scandal by the opposition but thy want you to believe there is nothing to see here?