[jpster]

>Each time, we have conducted rigorous internal investigations based on their inquiries and each time we have found absolutely no evidence to support any of them.

An uncharitable reading, but this statement does not exclude the possibility of investigations by 3rd parties hired by Apple.

[buckminster]

Neither does it exclude the possibility of internal investigations of which Apple's press office is unaware. If Tim Cook simply said this never happened I'd believe him. This elaborate denial suggests otherwise.