Aluko agreed the £80k settlement (I have no comment on the whys and wherefores of the settlement itself) on the basis of making no further public comment, and half was paid initially. Aluko then broke the agreement by way of a tweet about the issue, hence Clarke called the meeting requesting she made a statement that the FA was not institutionally racist, to repair the damage she had done in breaching the original agreement, in which case she could be paid the balance of £40k of her settlement. They could have just refused to pay her the balance at that stage. Therefore, for her to suggest it is blackmail is highly disingenuous, but it feeds off the whole toxicity of anything considered remotely discriminatory, so despite grabbing the cash and breaching the agreement, she goes for and gets the public sympathy. Nice!