There are always 3 sides to every story.

The people hearing and reading things, the people believing those things and in the middle is the truth.

No one googled Nicole's name, she has a website because she bred a dog and she herself posted the name of her website on the internet.
That becomes public knowledge to anyone interested in browsing it.

I too feel that slinking away points to guilt. If someone is innocent of the things posted, why run? Why even care? Our lives don't revolve around the internet, most people browse around to destress from everyday routine.

Something I always heard as I grew up - "Where there's smoke, there's fire".