But all the same it's nice to hear and see a big Bitcoin faucet like freebitico resolve their issues atleast their trust is increased with their resolution to this escalating matter.
I do not think like you.
Resolving an issue or some serious issues is not help to increase their trust or reputation. The best way to defend and increase reputation is don't create issues.
I did not believe FreeBitco.in will turn to a scam site after 11 years of operations but they will need to check their business operation very carefully and find what need to be improved internally. Even they are not scam, incidents like this are not good for their reputation and they will need to avoid it in future.