Too much speculation here....but what I think I see coming is that Howard wants to "Get out of Dodge" before that inquest.
I hope Howard trips up on some Bahama legality (we've already seen that) and scr*** himself royally.
I predict that Howard will move out of the Horizons, pay what is owed...and it’ll never make it to court. He doesn’t want to say a thing that will come out in the open....like a whole bunch of lies. He learned his lesson in Seidlin’s court.