"No. If he got a cease and desist, it was from one actor's estate, which would have bearing on only one actor. No reason to give up altogether."

I don't know*.* I think if I got one, I'd consider avoiding the genre altogether. That is not to say that that is what happened. Without further information, I qouldn't be too quick to speculate on motives though. Real life intrudes. Hopefully it was nothing too bad but people become disabled, go to jail, die, get religion and move to a monastery or simply decide to move on - no explanation.

"Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance." - H. L. Mencken