When does a "secret side deal" = No deal?

When his deal was exposed, as not a new deal, he started tweeting about some secret part, that he will be revealing soon. In show business, it's referred to as the Big Reveal, you know, when the DNA results are revealed, and the redneck is not the father of the other redneck's twins...

I think that only works when both people are keeping a secret. Once one of them wants to go legit It's All or Nothing

When a court case arises