Long gone but just had to stick up for Frank, even if he sent that PM which paints him as a real a**hat and justifiably would support a ban, I suspect it was not un-provoked and would not be surprised if he was piled on by mods, mod-pets and sock-puppets; or even if there was a call to arms from the bunker like in the days of old. Wouldn't be surprised if there was a sociopath in the DF fold who framed Frank, it seems a ripe environment for such a person.
Just a long way of saying, don't know Frank but people who do seem to speak for his character that even if he did this, it wasn't out of no where and based on nothing, even though it is whiny, but heck ETOB sounds like even more of a whiny bitch. Frank may be a has-been but EOTB is a never-was.
Do know the history of DF, the "onetrueway" crowd there, and the double standards of behavior applied to those who follow the party line and those who do not. So doubt they have clean hands in this.