As Twitchy reported last week, a search for “Barry,” who, as recounted in her memoir “Not That Kind of Girl,” allegedly raped Lena Dunham in college, sent Breitbart.com’s John Nolte on a month-long investigation that turned up nothing but “pixie dust.”
“Breitbart News could not find a Republican named Barry who attended Oberlin during Dunham’s time there who came anywhere close to matching her description of him,” Nolte reported. “In fact, we could not find anyone who remembered any Oberlin Republican who matched Dunham’s colorful description.”
Nolte also reported that a certain “Barry One,” whom many fingered as Dunham’s rapist, had retained an attorney. That seems to have caught the attention of Random House, Dunham’s publisher, which reportedly paid Dunham an advance of around $3.7 million for her book.
Things just got messier –> Random House Says ‘Barry One’ Not Lena Dunham’s Rapist; Many Questions Unanswered http://t.co/qgk42YTW79 via
— John Ocasio-Nolte (@NolteNC) December 8, 2014
Random House Offers to Pay ‘Barry One's’ Legal Fees – http://t.co/qgk42YTW79 via @BreitbartNews
— John Ocasio-Nolte (@NolteNC) December 8, 2014
Random House Admits 'details' and 'names' in Lena Dunham rape story 'have been changed' – http://t.co/qgk42YTW79
— John Ocasio-Nolte (@NolteNC) December 8, 2014
Random House 'regrets the confusion' that fingered Barry One as a Lena Dunham's rapist — http://t.co/qgk42YTW79 via @BreitbartNews
— John Ocasio-Nolte (@NolteNC) December 8, 2014
Nolte reports that the publisher released a statement to The Wrap on Monday saying that Random House “regrets the confusion that has led attorney Aaron Minc to post on GoFundMe on behalf of his client, whose first name is Barry. We are offering to pay the fees Mr. Minc has billed his client to date. Our offer will allow Mr. Minc and his client to donate all of the crowd-funding raised to not-for-profit organizations assisting survivors of rape and sexual assault.”
https://twitter.com/FilmLadd/status/542088494404104192
A man dogged by false allegations of rape seems to have been exonerated at last. That’s the big story here, right? Right?
https://twitter.com/NolteNC/status/542085970745905152
https://twitter.com/NolteNC/status/542086361516625920
https://twitter.com/NolteNC/status/542086856310292481
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https://twitter.com/NolteNC/status/542087837953564672
https://twitter.com/NolteNC/status/542089301782433792
Business as usual, then. Breitbart remain the bad guys, but what of the woman who left “Barry” twisting in wind?
Daily Mail: Lena Dunham Purchases $4.8 Million Condo http://t.co/4WMiBzFOIK via @BreitbartNews
— John Ocasio-Nolte (@NolteNC) December 8, 2014
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