They let others tease out the implications of their story for them, connecting the dots among Scaife, Starr, and Hale : The billionaire endowed a position for Starr at Pepperdine University (which Starr has subsequently declined) and then bankrolled Hale, Starr's chief witness.
Starr has declined an offered position at Pepperdine University.
Starr accepted the position at Pepperdine University.