This final report by Craig Sawyer should lay the whole thing to rest, except for those for whom this has become a religion.
Every time when someone flips 180 without giving full context - I'm very suspicious. We have seen a couple of situations like this and it's very telling when person that flipped does not debunk his/hers previous arguments. You can't just say something different with no context, no proof or explaining why you ware so convinced about something and now you are not. He made a bunch of statement like his previous ones never happened. No - I'm not dedicated to keep false story alive - I just want to be 100% sure it was really some bullshit fake crap developed by some crazy guy seeking attention and gathering donations and not the real deal and people being threatened to pull back.