Most in the glider community heard about this they day after it happened. My understanding was it was intentionally kept out of the news as much as possible by those involved in his defense, so that they could use publicity (or lack of it) as leverage to get the best possible deal for the pilot.
Probably a good plan, as often government agency's will dig in and start defending themselves when in public, even when they are wrong. (i.e. Bob Hoover incident)
I suspect there is lot more to what actually happened than is being released.
Brian