Without bringing up the incident or anything about it, I think he handled being blackmailed very well. He did what he should have done and disarmed the situation by telling the world the 'valuable secret' and therefore negating the threat.
Awhile back there was a thread 'What bugs you about BITOG' or something like that. Helen, herself suggested that 'they' would try not to lock threads without explanation as a courtesy to those that DO NOT break the site rules, but had a genuine interest in the thread.
So where are we!!