Is it understandable how the mother reacted?

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My brother was telling me how this guy he knew who was high functioning autistic had a fling with this much younger woman. The mother of the young girl went to his place of work and angrily confronted him over it.

Do you think it’s understandable how the mother reacted? I wonder if any guys on here have gotten themselves into this sort of situation.

How old was the young woman?

In that case, it’s impossible to know if the reaction was understandable or not.

I'm guessing probably yes.

If she was below the legal age for consent, it would be very wrong to date such a person (or to engage in any illegal acts with that person). If she was barely legal, that would be morally wrong, and if she was a little over that age it would just make the person dating them a bit of a creep.

I'll reserve judgement unless I know how old the man & woman were, why they broke up, & if the mother knew the guy was autistic or if she knew he had other issues.

At my 2nd job a coworker in my department had the mom of a ex calling management to complain about him every week. The complaints had nothing to do with his work so management was required to listen to the mom b!tch but he was never in any trouble over it. He had a tough guy vibe, he was big & muscular, had a devil tattoo on his chest, & got drunk a bit on his days off but he never had any trouble with the law. I'm a passive person who tends to dislike & am intimidated by tough people but he was always very kewl & nice to me & we got along fine. He was about 23 & the daughter was about 20. From what I've heard about the relationship, it sounded like one of the reasons he broke up with her was because her mom had issues & kept interfering.

I think it's understandable yes. Most mothers feel protective of their daughters and would confront anyone they felt had taken advantage of them.

Understandable doesn't make it right, of course. We'd need more information to decide if it was right.

I'd need to know how old she was, and what was involved in the "fling".
Was it exploitative or abusive?
Did he shame her in any way on social media etc.?

How did this fling end? (broken heart, regret ... )

There's too much missing from the story to know for sure.

Anything that would make me confront someone in their workplace would also be suitable for me to call the cops.

I never did that with my daughter's longterm bf even though he was a dick and basically kidnapped her.
I never did it for my son even though one gf chased him through my house with a hammer.

*Correction -
I did call the cops about the kidnapping, but not against him specifically.
It was when she was still missing and I had no idea where she was.
They refused to help because she was almost 18.

How old was the man?