Drugs, alcohol, and prostitute addiction... personal demons we can all understand--at least theoretically. But why give in to the blackmail? The truth is going to come out eventually, so why hand over millions of dollars of your hard earned money to one or more extortionists? Would it not be better to just tell the truth and keep your money? Handing over that money only bought him a few months, perhaps a year or two, of secrecy.
Now the truth is out and the money is gone forever. Bah!
Doom disapproves.