It was a good plan. I'm just cautioning not to consider him clear just because he isn't holding an item. Just like we shouldn't have considered ChopBam clear for claiming to roleblock Orange.
My thoughts on the matter is that roleblocks possibly do not stop passing of items. However, I still find ChopBam's convienient loss of memory regarding an item that belonged to a dead player, to be more suspicious than I can forgive.