I heard the retainer would be a lot more than that because he'd want to recoup all the wasted billable hours he poured into it. I remember the gossip blogging geniuses including Kelli, hillbilly, and of course Rob himself go on these long ass rants about how evil John was for having sex with performers and how he clearly engaged in misconduct from what could be seen in the scenes alone.

The trouble is, as I pointed out several times, none of them had seen the scenes. I had reviewed every one of them and suggested EA make the scene freely available to the public. They liked the suggestion and ran with it, the bitching dying down soon after but for some back peddling. John has never been shy about discussing his status and the drug protocol he is on effectively reduces the chances of someone catching anything from him to nearly nil even if a partner doesn't take the PreP drugs as I would believe Sheena Shaw did. The net effect is that the dynamic duo attacking him came across as homophobes ("He touched me, now I'll die from AIDS") and Summers oft quoted social media barrages killed it.

But yes, I was told by a reputable source that he told his team he would not settle under any circumstances. Good for him!