Only the paranoid survive!
I don't believe (E), I just think BB would happily be a party to things that allow him to escape having players put to him by suits (which is the core conspiracy theory, and entirely a fabrication of fertile imaginations only at this point, as you rightly surmise).
But I buy it. Probably says more about me than it, I know. The whole 2021-22 Gio flirtation was pretty weird, and has some sort of explanation that isn't visible yet..