My guess would be shenanigans in Renaissance era Northern Italy. Those families running Milan, Florence and Venice were pretty crafty and violent. Machiavelli’s “The Prince” was written as a backhanded satire of autocratic behavior.
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George RR Martin is a history buff, much like other fantasy writers…
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Likewise, don’t worry. 
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At least after the sentencing he can give up pretending to need that walker.
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You almost make the case that hiring someone to kill someone isn’t very smart. Who knew?
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Or the case that the high end reliable assassination market is underserved and someone should make a disruptive app for it.
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There was that short lived body disposal/sausage maker app Grindrup
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Oooo… going after America’s Sweetheart? Not a good l look there, Harvey…
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Or find a suitable “crisscross”.
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This is why the hiring needs to be anonymous and money placed in escrow until the job is complete.
You might want to rethink your hiring policies 
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Oh - so my comment was totally related to this post.
How unfortunate.
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Look, contract killings are messy enough without involving a bunch of lawyers in the mix.
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Does it involve blockchain?
Why yes it does.
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Which is why I thought of those morally bankrupt ex-spies he hired. They seem like exactly the kind of group that, if they weren’t willing to do that kind of work themselves, would know someone who would…
Although I think he’d be in a better position to find someone than most non-organized-crime figures would. There are plenty of shady dudes who would love to have a Hollywood career who would literally kill to get it, and he’s in a position to know who they are…
I know it’s a bit of a leap from his having a whole support network of people willing to aid him in his serial sexual assaults to finding one guy willing to kill for him, but it also doesn’t feel like that much of a leap…
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Facebook already exists.
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It’s still probably a bad idea to entrust your fortunes, your freedom and quite possibly your life to a person who has a proven track record of murdering people for money.
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There is at least one more scenario:
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Are you kidding? He will cling to it to get softer treatment in prison.
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In his current situation? Not really. Facing ruination and spending the rest of his life behind bars - if he COULD do it,he likely would have.
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