[OldFriend]

Once the trash is put out at the curb it no longer belongs to me.

Bennet gambled in a room with other people. Unless he got them to sign an affadavit swearing to never reveal his presence in the room he essentially put his behaviour in the public domain.

He's shifting attention from his behaviour......which I had no problem with in the first place. I do have a problem with his intention to sue because it became public.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

The problem with your scenario is that all the people he gambled with weren't keeping records of his wins and losses, and then pumping them to the press in an effort to discredit him.