WOW... How the high and mighty have fallen.
I don't believe half of what the article states because it's from a party that's suing Rohloff hubs. However, I never really believed the Rohloff was indistructable as they've been claiming all these years but now we know better. As one person stated, these hubs are for touring and recreational riding and certainly not downhill or aggressive single track.
Many of the claims like the "freewheeling effect" or "drag" are common on other hubs from Shimano, Sturmey Archer and Sram so this does not surprise me. As they age, hub gears develope these problems especially if you're an aggressive rider. As for the oil spraying everywhere including the brakes, this sounds like an angry company that just lost 50K.