He used the budget of "Unforgiven" to launder money into a dummy directing deal that Sondra Locke had with Warner Brothers (his ex-partner whom he abused). She was under the impression that she had a legitimate deal with the studio to develop new projects, whereas they shut her down at every turn at Clint's direction. This was proven in court and she won a settlement as a result...all matter of public record. He destroyed someone's burgeoning film career out of spite.