The thing about a secret is that it is rarely a secret since always someone knows about it. We feel the need to share it if not with a person, it's then the dog or we write in in a diary or make fiction out of it, pretending it's not about us.
What I feel about the story? I believe that the employer should get on his knees and crawl through the dust and beg for forgiveness. I find it insulting how he treated an employee accused of stealing his wallet. How did the story end? Was his name published in the newspapers or was he sued and had to show up in court It is not legally allowed in our country to tarnish someone's name without a valid reason and the employer did not have this reason. He caused damage. In America, he would have to pay a high fine. It is not always: innocent until proven guilty.