Why not? Remember how much his salary has been for his career. What’s 100K to make a nuisance go away? It’s like me throwing $50 at somebody to make them shut the hell up and leave me alone, I can think of about a dozen people that I’d gladly throw that much money at if it guaranteed, with legal enforcement, I’d never have to acknowledge their existence again.
Disco, I'll grant you that; 100K is a small percentage of Moss's salary. But payment of that kind of money would be tantamount to an admission of guilt. The perception would be that Moss did something wrong.