Short answers, pulled from the story.
Nicky Byrne took ten percent of all profits from Seltaeb while leaving the rest blank on the contract. This amount was significantly lower than the seventy-five or eighty percent that NEMS Enterprises would have received under a standard agreement.
Peregrine Eliot sued Nicky Byrne in The Times on the 9th of December 1964 for damages totaling one million dollars. The lawsuit accused Byrne of spending money on personal comfort and charging high hotel bills for girlfriends.
The court case and its effects were estimated to have lost NEMS and the Beatles approximately one hundred million dollars in potential revenue. Woolworths and Penney refused to finalize any merchandising agreements due to the ongoing legal battle, causing orders worth seventy-eight million dollars to disappear overnight.
Brian Epstein died on the 27th of August 1967 from what was ruled an accidental overdose of a prescribed drug. Days before his death he feared the band would not renew their contracts with him if they discovered the truth about Seltaeb.
David Jacobs was found hanged in his garage on the 15th of December 1968 after telling a private detective that he was in terrible trouble. He listed six well-known showbusiness people who were after him prior to his death.