So, using the same line of thinking, your position is that if you put a gun to a woman's head and say that she has to have sex with you or you'll shoot her and she chooses the sex, you're not a rapist because she chose the option of having sex with you?
The rape charge seems to be introduced solely to denigrate George's accomplishment and create an insurmountable obstacle to the hall of heros.
No, because being a hero means that you're a paradigm who's actions should be things for others to emulate because they represent the best qualities of humanity. While George was the guy to get the job done in this situation, he didn't do it heroically.
By the same line of thinking, it would be immoral to amputate the foot of a person trapped in a burning building, when cutting off their foot is the only practical way to allow them to escape the flames. By your standard of heroics, a hero would be the person who stands close and beats back the flames with a wet towel until the ceiling collapses on both of them. The victim gets to die a horrible death, secure in the knowledge their body(what remains of it) expires intact, and the hero can console himself by saying, "I didn't hurt anyone today."