The court did decide that the artist could deduct ~6k USD as commission when returning the stolen money. The limited traction they'd get from this story and em

The court did decide that the artist could deduct ~6k USD as commission when returning the stolen money. The limited traction they'd get from this story and empty frames would already have played out - that 100k USD can do more good as commission to other, actually skilled artists for future works than padding one greedy criminal's pockets...