I’ll bet on option 3) except that Barry the brainiac doesn’t believe he’s taking any “chances.” That man is so utterly arrogant he is convinced that he will be found not guilty. I’d love to hear what IE and DN have filled his head with. Better yet, I’d LOVE to hear what they say about him when he’s not around!
BM thinks he’s the smartest guy in the room because they haven’t found Suzanne and they likely won’t.

It’s the only thing he got right and he’s the “no body, no crime” kinda guy, ala Frazee, another narcissist sans two firing brain cells. Unfortunately for him, all the money he can throw at his attorneys won’t change the fact that he’s an idiot and he has incriminated himself over and over again with all his Barsplainin’.
My mother taught me as a child that “lies have short legs.” Too bad his mother didn’t warn him!