I say you are and you have no credibility to trade on here.
Your "classmate" is not going to bail you out.
So I'm not going to launch into the same wild speculation I always accuse you guys of. I'll wait to see what he says. I suggest you might do the same.
I detected no "wild speculations" in that particular Okubo email she sent out; there was no reason for her to misconstrue or hide the truth. I don't have to do the same.