You aren't seeing that there are permutations to this, it's a legal minefield where SEG is up the creek somehow whatever the truth.

It's a lie or she misunderstood, eh just another lie by a player about a player to other players, no action taken against them, how does SEG fix this contractual hole in the future?

It's true he offered but she didn't agree to it, there's no agreement, without an agreement there is no cause to expell anyone, again how does SEG fix this contractual hole in the future?

It's true and there was the agreement, all parties in the agreement should be expelled from the game, this season is in the toilet, how do they fix this? Then they absolutely have to go find out what has been recorded, which okay they should be finding out anyway.

Per that, even if the players got away from the cameras and pulled off their personal mikes, long distance recording of the event is something the players cannot be absolutely certain did not occur, there ought to be something recorded even if it would need technological enhancement and expert attention in order to bring out what was said. That could take time and would probably be unusable on television but in this instance it only has to stand up in court. Headache.

So, what was the agreement if there was one? This involves a mortgage, oh blast. Offering to pay off her mortgage is sharing the reward, simple enough. But if he said he would buy the mortgage, that's a business transaction she isn't a party to, he's just spending his money, she ends up owing him money but maybe gets a better mortgage out of it or feels more secure not paying her payments to him because what's he gonna do about it blah blah blah. Or he could have just said, since he is a real estate guy, that he would look at her mortgage and see if he could help her get a better one, which he can do without winning anyway, blah blah blah. But of course he's a NYC kid and doesn't know from farms in NC, handling out of state properties is Dan's area, let's rope Dan in on this, blah blah blah. There may be any number of permutations to this I've not thought of, the legal huddle must have been something else, they should have recorded that as well.

It's a dementedly "stick it to the man" (in this case SEG and CBS) game move no matter how it works out, checkmate suckers!