Did Charlie just run out of money? I see many theories of secret service ops and such, but all that has transpired seems perfectly consistent with a simple cash grab.
What would you do if you did not care about Ray Peat at all, yet were in control of a RP-related discussion forum and needed some money quickly, because, for example, you lost a large amount of it gambling on cryptocurrency?
What I would do is paywall the site for new users to extract money from desperate sick people who don't even know what PUFA is. I might also start selling some standard high-margin health quackery, like, say, magic stickers protecting from scary 5G radiation. If that failed to generate significant revenue, I might just offer some alt-health influencer an effective sale of access to a health-conscious community. Seems familiar?