"But why did he--"For attention.
"But why is he--" For attention.
"But why didn't they--" To deny him attention.
To anyone still wondering why Mr. Geller is doing this now, again, it's entirely for attention, because now his name is in the news again. Maybe he'll wring a few dollars out of it. Nothing more. The simplest answer is the correct one, in this case.
The impact would not have been nearly that great. The very, very worst case scenario would have been a ban or a removal of Kadabra/Alakazam from the franchise, and even that would have been unlikely. Gold/Silver's international release was never at risk, for any reason.
Occam's Razor becomes Occam's +3 Sword of Sharpness with you. I have mixed feelings about this.
He's a grifter. It's less about attention and more cash via performances and other suits.
With his arch-nemesis(James Randi) dead, he's probably feeling cocky.
He need to die AND be retconned out of Marvel continuity to bring back a cool Israeli Hulk villain.
Kadabra being unblocked will likely lead to Kinesis showing up as well down the road...
Now it, Fissure, Mud Sport, Earthquake, Lava Plume, Porygon, Conversion, Conversion 2, Milk Drink and other "trauma-lawsuit"-soft/hardban cases need to be re-examined and unbanned in the anime(and other media they barely appear in). Surf, Earth Power, Sharpen and Bulldoze barely escaped that.