[gamblor956]

Must also point out:

Lance Armstrong and the members of the US Postal Service team denied using performance-enhancing drugs for more than a decade before finally confessing.

JK Rowling denied writing the Cuckoo's Calling for months.

The Duke Lacrosse Stripper changed her story at least a dozen times before finally admitted nothing happened.

JJ Abrams claimed that Star Trek Into Darkness wouldn't be about Khan for months.

IOW, unsupported denials mean nothing. The Newsweek story may not be right, but it at least has compelling supporting evidence that it could be right.

(There are more examples; these are just the ones I remembered off the top of my head.)

[e15ctr0n]

JK Rowling never denied writing the Cuckoo's Calling. When The Sunday Times broke the news on July 14, 2013[1], she said “We can confirm the story in The Sunday Times was correct, and it was not a leak or elaborate marketing campaign to boost sales. It has been wonderful to publish without hype or expectation, and pure pleasure to get feedback under a different name.”[2]

[1] http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/Arts/articl...

[2] http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/17/business/media/rowling-boo...

[SimHacker]

How about some Star Wars examples for some balance, please?