Agreed. Identifying a possible motive is very different than providing an excuse.
If any of this is true I can begin to empathize with Hernandez's situation in prison. A wealthy person, even a public figure, can take steps to insulate himself and his lifestyle. Many of us have changed aspects of our life in order to live with our sexuality in a disapproving society. Some of us pick up and move, change careers, distance ourselves from family, take on new friends, etc. Others of us were able to create deceptions through discreet living or relationships with women. The punishment for Hernandez's crimes have stripped him of career, friends, wealth, and freedom. If he really didn't want his sexuality to become common knowledge he'd now be facing scrutiny while having almost no control over his own life, and no ability to either create a situation where he could embrace it on his own terms or cover it up.