Woman who accused Conor Oberst of rape says she lied

[Omaha Steve]

Conor is a HUGE Dem BTW!!!! He gave a free park concert and was asked not to say anything political by the Park Dept. He came onstage after tore into President W. He also played for Obama when he came to town before the 08 caucus.

http://www.omaha.com/go/woman-who-accused-conor-oberst-of-rape-says-she-lied/article_29bcd098-0b8d-11e4-a0ff-001a4bcf6878.html




Conor Oberst

Posted: Monday, July 14, 2014 2:29 pm

By Kevin Coffey / World-Herald staff writer

A woman who accused Conor Oberst of raping her has recanted her statements, calling them "100% false."

Late last year, Joanie Faircloth, whose real name is Joan Harris, accused the Omaha-based indie rocker of rape in the comments of a story on xojane.com.

The story went viral, and Oberst called the accusations "flagrant … absolutely, unequivocally false."

Oberst went on to file a libel suit against the accuser. He promised to donate any money won in the lawsuit to charities fighting violence against women.

FULL story at link.

[NaturalHigh]

1. I'm glad he fought back.

At least she came clean.

"The statements I made and repeated online and elsewhere over the past six months accusing Conor Oberst of raping me are 100 percent false. 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."