Benjamin Winchester talks about Joseph's "licentious conduct" during the Kirtland period.
Benjamin Winchester, "Primitive Mormonism," The Salt Lake Daily Tribune (September 22, 1889): 2
. . . .there was a good deal of scandal prevalent among a number of the Saints concerning Joseph's licentious conduct, this more especially among the women. Joseph's name was then connected with scandalous relations with two or three families.