[iowamark]

If she was going to blackmail someone, she would have done that before being convicted of several felonies, wouldn’t she?

[bvw]

The point is, in her profession, and in her particular business, she did have information that was sensitive and valuable enough to be used for blackmail, whether she did blackmail or not. That means motive, because what some will pay to keep hidden, another will kill to keep hidden.