When VDS frequented the casinos, did he gamble? Perhaps he got into debt, way over his head, with unsavory types. Turning over a fresh, young, blond woman may have been a payoff for those debts.
I read earlier somewhere that he had a gambling debt. Don't know if it's true though. (And no idea now where I read it!)
Vs and his Dad went to the casinos together and played poker.