[syhprum (OP)]

It is not unusual for VIP,s to be offered a financial deal by their sexual partners to not to publish was such an offer made to the Duke if so why did he refuse to pay up?
Was the offer such an excessive sum or did he think he could bluff it out ?

[Bored chemist]

You seem to have overlooked the obvious.
Maybe he thinks he's innocent and doesn't want to do something which would be seen as an admission of guilt.

[syhprum (OP)]

It  seems that the Duke has wasted a lot of money by not paying up promptly

[Bored chemist]

The supreme governor of the Church of England just paid £12,000,000 of taxpayers' money to bail her son out of jail for apparently having had sex with an underage girl.

Incidentally, yes I know; it's a "he said/ she said" case.
So all we can go on is which of them we believe tells the truth.
He said he was looking forward to his day in court.
He lied about that...
So we know he's a liar.