They're misconstruing horseplay as something improper.

She paid it all off, but somebody never picked up on that.

He was Mr. Clean; he was every woman's dream. All his glasses were always perfectly arranged and the cabinets were spotless. His son said that if something was used that night, he would have cleaned it.

I'm not sure why she hasn't been charged. Maybe there's a new rule that belly dancers can't be charged with murder in California.

It was more horseplay than anything else, fooling around,

I think it's somewhat horseplay.