Coming from CodeMonkeyZ (sorry, I do not have the telegram link): Refusing to pay the insignificant amount of a million dollars just means they have a better plan in place. Consider this a feint.
Stay on your toes and watch. I think he's right. It would be foolish to think they are out of ammunition.
It's so easy to write their cheesy screenplay for them, isn't it?
But there will be a twist this time... Tom Cruise himself will publicly agree with the narrative. So you know you can trust it. I know I will.