> I was unfaithful to my wife. My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did. I am deeply sorry.

I don't understand what compels people to make up scenarios to defend people who have come out and said the opposite.

I think the "formal apology letter" wouldn't have existed if this was some sort of open-relationship situation. In that case, Huang violated an important agreement, and cannot be trusted to not violate other important agreements.

Well you could read the letter he wrote but why when you can just ask empty edgy questions to farm karma.

I agree with your sentiment in general: we should not make assumptions about the parameters of others' relationships.

But in this case, Huang himself explicitly mentioned the hurt that he caused his family. I don't think it gets much clearer than this.

    I owe my family and all of you an apology.

    I was unfaithful to my wife. My actions hurt her and 
    our children. There is no excuse for what I did. I am 
    deeply sorry.

    Throughout my life, my family has given me love and 
    support. They deserve my honesty and loyalty. Instead, 
    I let them down and damaged the life we built together. 
    I take full responsibility for what I did and the hurt I 
    caused, and I accept the criticism that comes with it.

    To my wife and family: I love you. I know an apology 
    cannot undo what I have done. I hope our family will heal 
    and that, over time, I can earn back your trust.

He wrote himself a press release saying he was unfaithful and because of his actions he hurt his family... it sounds pretty clear that was not a consensual non-monogamous relationship. https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/a-message-to-our-company

If it was an open marriage, why would his first statement have been an apology to his wife and family? I don't see any reason to start assuming it was actually fine. In any case the affair becoming public in such a way would still be hurting them - the media attention you're speaking about. Much worse than a divorce, right?

Bond: I doubt if she'll remember me. M: Remind her. Then pump her for information. Moneypenny: You'll just have to decide how much pumping is needed, James.

If it wasn’t an affair they would just say that

he wouldn't have publicly apologized if all of that was "perfectly fine" with his wife

Might wanna google the term “affair”

People don't need facts when they just want an excuse to attack someone from the outgroup.

He publicly stated he broke his wife’s trust, buddy.

That wouldn't justify anything.

No, I just think honesty is cool.