> Fleeing to Dubai might mess with his "it was just an honest mistake" PR tour.
Not in any way that would matter. If it was an honest mistake, fleeing to Dubai (or anywhere) is still the right thing to do. Which means doing so doesn't undermine the idea that it was an honest mistake.
Unless the PR tour is some weird plan to buy time while he gets his ducks in a row to arrange his escape and amass his assets. Could also be playing himself off as dumb/broke naive guy until local police get lazy and then trivially board some random yacht.
At least he's not (yet) borrowing Do Kwon's argument about being the victim of an unjustified witch hunt.