I wasn't happy when LG was spilling out the facts about Cat Stevens. But I'm glad he has been able to come back and perform and still sound great, I could never get tired of his music.
It was worse when backstabbing media were knifing Pete Seeger in the back after he passed away, I had to go to the New York Times online just to read a non-biased story of Pete Seeger's legacy. I almost wished they had the Guillotine for those who published their trash.
I don't remember what I said about Cat Stevens...except the part about him giving up the lifestyle of a famous musician and returning to the Middle East and ended up as a beggar for a while. He seems to have come full circle, I'd call that period in his life a "walkabout".
I think that was the crux of it particularly the beggar thing being hard to swallow, though it's well sourced as you said and I even heard it from the Man himself. It became worse when he was forced to leave America for being a Terrorist? but I don't think you said that.