Malicious Gossip

I have recently happened to read that, in the olden days, an Italian artist I admire very much had to suffer from false accusations which, fortunately, were proven false. I don't deny that, at times, accusations may be true, so it is only fair that the guilty be punished according to the law. But there are also situations where malicious individuals try to take advantage of others, especially if they are fairly well-known figures. This brings me to think about how some creatures, being a "nobody", feel the need to bring down someone who has been able to become a "somebody". So they invent false accusations and endeavor to destroy their fame and success. I put on the same levels the authors who praise themselves for writing destructive biographies of famous personages. Why do they need to do that? It's exclusively for money, what else? I don't accept their claim about "people" needing to be informed, to know the truth. Absolute rubbish. Famous people are also human beings like you and me, and they have the right to their private life, beyond the public image that is shown to the public. If you knew that Shakespeare or Dante Alighieri had a certain "vice", would that diminish their greatness, their genius as authors, as poets? I don't think so! Therefore why is there today this desire, this taste for gossip, in writing and in reading? The only answer is that petty, inferior people, with very low self-esteem (both authors and readers) feel better knowing that some of their fellow human beings - clearly more talented than they are - are "imperfect".  But.... whoever said that famous people are "gods"? They are just gifted. Should they be punished for that?