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I know how stressful this can be.
I often get message like this from female models that have retired and want their content removed.
1) They always start by telling you how their life has moved on and how either family or work means why they would like their content taken down.
2) They never offer any money, somehow you are expected to brunt the cost of everything.
If you have all your documentation in order, you are OK in my point of view, after all if you where filming just a hand job for non-establishment, you could have used anyone of even stand in for yourself, without having the stress of finding someone and the paperwork. He signed his release, he got paid.
I look better now followed by I didn't know it would be publish 12 months after you shot and published is a dumb argument. I he had not know it would have been published, he would have been on you from day 1.
So here is the thing, you have their fees you paid them for the job, the feed of the other actors, crew fees, location fee. Agent and maybe an MUA, and then you have your time and fee as the producer, none of that is ever taken into consideration by these people.
Time editing, and processing content (and fees)
Posting and host, with promotional videos and content.
now add in the time for it removal.
So for these people who come up asking for content to be remove without even offering a cent in return, I will tell you to ignore. If you have contact him and told him that you wear not going to use the content and could he return his fees... then that word "unprofessional" is taken out the box. It crazy when people do it to you, you doing them a favor, but when the boot is on the other foot it is professional and you will have to pay.
Also people that threat with a lawsuit, often can't afford it. otherwise you would get a letter from their lawyer first requesting it removal and then hit with the lawsuit.
Talk it over with the guy, rationalize and make the points I just made that comply with you situation and make it clear to him, he has signed and wavier his right, known or unknown it was their in black and white and he should have read it before signing, or had someone read it to him if he was unable.
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