Money talks. The lawyer probably presented a case about the financial impact on others dependent on Peter doing the tour.
Personally, I'm not making a judgement on whether his personal outcome was fair or not because we all know the law too often is based on who can and will pay rather than what is fair. Also, only know what's been in print and that too can be slanted in either direction.
I just know that the man's image of cool has been greatly damaged with those photos.