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I would point out there is a lot of context missing from the story, but for what it's worth he did make amends later - something they left out entirely from the article. There was a lot of detail on what happened in the book Spider from Mars: My Life with Bowie by Woody Woodmansey (2017), in which Visconti also contributed.
Mainly, not sure it's any surprise that bad things went down when creative differences where starting to emerge and money was at stake. They were also in their early 20s, inexperienced at "the business" of rock, and abusing drugs. Thankfully, it was not a stage of his life that became the norm, nor a pattern for his career. He built many wonderful relationships with a lot of musicians and bands over 50 years, so I would say he learned his lessons well.