Such a good question you ask.
“Why was he OK outside of jail but not in jail?”
Out of jail he wasn’t under the pressure of the law.
Although those in power had to be worried about him anyway...blackmailers are asking for it - especially blackmailers of powerful people. I wonder if he has info to be delivered to authorities “in the event of my untimely death”.
These days I have to wonder if even if the prosecutors do have explosive proof of big names if they’ve got the integrity and guts to do the right thing. After all Harvey Weinstein was just a Hollywood sleeze ball, Kevin Spacey the same. But Bill Clinton, dear husband of the sainted Hillary, well...if they let that out it will truly be a BOMB.