Because he's 87. An unrealistic expectation for someone that age is to be able to use the bathroom unaided.

So, did this man do wrong then? And the women are victims?

The women, often in their 70s and 80s and widowed or divorced, were persuaded to send cash or checks to addresses and companies controlled by Alabi, who lived in Richmond, Texas, near Houston.

Were the elderly - sometimes octogenarian - widows gold-digging whores?