+1 for reflecting, owning up and most importantly, taking active steps onward.
You are definitely infinitely more discerning, matured, astute and wiser than that Aria Rose is and probably ever would be.
Many of the forumers here were already aware and 100% clued in on that person when this occurred:
So now that you have wised up, just continue to exercise discernment and perform research prior to throwing yourself to a cause or standing behind someone, especially on the internet =)