I thought the big concern was Howard's "spotless" reputation? Whether Howard is gay or not has NOTHING to do with the deaths of Anna or Daniel.
Is the judge "reading it right?" I don't understand how Rita is "tampering" with a witness? Witness to what? Anna watching a video?
So what does Howard have on the Nannies?
Howard is extremely worried about the Inquest and quite frankly is doing everything he can to stop the process. That will include thigns such as ‘proving’ the witnesses are bought, threatened, not truthful, etc etc.