Not sure why this is still raging. Was Trees' behavior while a mod inappropriate? I dunno; no woman has came forth publicly to say so. Privately/posting complaint to owners/whatever, past my pay grade.
Trees isn't a mod any more. He's just a monger with a lot of reviews and a post history. And newsflash: there are so many people who hit up new women posting in Welcome Wagon trying to be "hobby pimps" and "showing them the ropes" and doing whatever else to get more for less that it's pretty much a given their inboxes will be 100% full, always, ever. Because, well, that's how some people play this particular game.
Did Trees do that, with the benefit of mod status? I dunno. Do plenty of people do that without that benefit? Absolutely.