Interesting question. I will say this, one of the main reasons why observers suspicions now center on Patrick is because that account specifically named him as a client. Jackie is pretty stupid, but I don’t know if she is stupid enough to purposely draw attention and suspicion to Patrick when before that interaction it was only wild speculation that he was involved in swatting himself. That exchange with “Torswats” was a eureka moment in suspecting Patrick. For a lot of people, that was the reason people started suspecting him. That’s more than just stupid, it’s monumentally stupid if that’s what happened but you know what? It wouldn’t really surprise me.
Still, I think the two most likely scenarios are that it was Torswats accurately pointing at Pat as his client or he was making it up to blame Pat because he hates him.
People were suspicious after the very first Swatt. The fact that it was to the empty unit, niki being away, the things he said in his rant etc. and were very vocal about it with speculation running wild. (after the high of the Alivia recording had worn off)
The second swatt happened a month after
while he was very publicly known to be attending a convention, to Niki who was home alone.
Which then fuelled even more speculation that he had knowledge of them. This was July and Aug 22.
Torswats didnt "out" him until Apr 23 where he returned from Mexico
With a conveniently bricked phone, inviting further speculation.
To argue the other side, thats plenty of time for torswats and co to think of the "blame fatty" bit.
I've said before, I could argue either way for it. But with the sheer amount of conveniences and coincidences, there is no way someone hasnt looked into the fatty angle.
Around the same time was the monkey torture bullshit and they have only just made big arrests a month ago. There could still be some happenings.