Conor Oberst Rape Accuser: 'I Made Up Lies to Get Attention'
"I publicly retract my statements...and sincerely apologize to him...for writing such awful things," Joanie Faircloth writes in notarized statement
Joanie Faircloth, who alleged that Bright Eyes frontman Conor Oberst had sexually assaulted her in the comments of an XOJane article, has now admitted that she made the whole story up. In February, Oberst had filed a libel lawsuit
against her, calling her accusations "absolutely, unequivocally false."
Now Faircloth is asking for forgiveness for what she wrote.
"The statements I made and repeated online and
elsewhere over the past six months accusing Conor Oberst of raping me
are 100 percent false," she wrote in a notarized statement via Buzzfeed.
"I made up those lies about him to get attention while I was going
through a difficult period in my life and trying to cope with my son's
illness. I publicly retract my statements about Conor Oberst and
sincerely apologize to him, his family and his fans for writing such
awful things about him. I realize that my actions were wrong and could
undermine the claims of actual sexual assault victims and for that I
also apologize. I'm truly sorry for all the pain that I caused."
A representative for Oberst said that the singer was on tour in Europe and was not immediately available for comment.
In February, the singer-songwriter requested that
Faircloth recant her statement. "The only connection between Oberst and
Faircloth was one of artist and fan – a fan who has posted laudatory
comments about Oberst elsewhere online, including describing attending
his band's concert as the 'Best memory ever,'" Oberst's lawyers wrote at
the time.
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