I'm starting to think Jared's statement did exactly what he and maybe his legal team wanted it to. Far more people are now throwing accusations at Heidi, even here, and far fewer people are talking about his manipulation of underage fans. He's turning this discussion into a "He said, she said" affair, which will cause some people to just ignore the whole situation as "internet drama" or something like that.
His deflection is somewhat working simply because people are more interested in talking about the TMZ-level cheating drama than the actually important allegations of pedophilia.