Who would have done that though?
He was then already in the US and had cut his ties with anyone likely to point out (the bleeding) obvious.
The publishers wanted the money from the book. His wife likely wanted the money and had little regard for his family.
As to whether he thought this would be a consequence, well I don’t believe he would have thought so.
At every point, his kick back has been “they made me do it” - be it his family, the grey suits, the press
etc.
The fact he’s talking now about forgiveness, still plays to his track record. He has nothing to forgive, because he was forced to do these things.
He can’t see that all of this stemmed from his and M’s response to being told you can’t be half in, half out - a massive flounce without any due diligence into issues such as security.
Remember it was ONLY after this that he started having a go at his family.
I believe he genuinely thinks he is the aggrieved party here and that he expected his family members would not just forgive what he “had to do”, but apologise for “making him do it”.
I simply don’t think he’s intellectually or emotionally capable of a level of reflection that would prompt any other/more nuanced level of his own culpability because then he’d have admit to himself what a clusterfuck he’s got himself (and his wife and children) into.
As pp’s have said, I just can’t see how they can possibly maintain the lifestyle they aspire to in the long term unless there’s a radical up shift in M’s financial endeavours.
At present, that’s not looking like a good bet, but to be fair she’s throwing a lot of mud at the wall, so something might just stick (though it’s unlikely to be the runny jam).