Complex sentence: It has been suggested in recent times by one author that Bernal may have had a reputation as a passive homosexual, and may have been the same man as the one nicknamed "Bernal Fundado" (i.e. "Bernal the Split").
Split into simpler sentences: It has been suggested in recent times that Bernal may have had a reputation as a passive homosexual. He has been identified with a man nicknamed "Bernal Fundado" (i.e. "Bernal the Split").