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A 2005 screed alleging the link, published jointly by Rolling Stone and Salon.com, was so stuffed with falsehoods that it was retracted by both publications.

Within months of the gala, he retracted his secret plea.

After the attack, Carrillo’s “baton no longer retracted, even after he repeatedly banged the baton into the concrete pavement in an attempt to collapse it,” prosecutors wrote in the memo.

During cross-examination at his trial, he admitted he had been angry with Holly and intended to stab her but then retracted that confession.

The woman behind the post recently retracted her account, saying she looked further into the story and determined it wasn’t true.