My take is from a report on Fox saying that these tapes were made AFTER the book was written so it appears that she was back-peddling to cover her statements. Maybe I’ve got it wrong?
No - you have it right.
IMO, from her first publicity interview, Rita stated that she had more than one source for her stories. It seems she based some of her book’s contents on published affidavits, recorded interviews and court testimony, followed up by 2nd party corroboration.
When she was served with the *Stern defamation suit*, she took it upon herself to *shore-up* her book’s contents, by trying to get the *original* nannie affidavit, or an additional one. I see nothing wrong with attempting to arrange a face-to-face meeting and find out FIRST HAND any inconsistencies in the nannies’ stories that were already in the public domain.
Rita’s demeanor has always been a little *breathless* and dramatic, which did not serve her well in the Lincoln Bain fiasco. But, as I have said before, she was sandbagged by his hatefulness - nor was she protected by a US press posse as in her reporting days. She seemed to have understood he wanted *payment* for arranging the meeting - but didn’t have the money, or an ethical way to do it. She was playing hardball and it flew back & hit her.
My take also. Parts of the tapes sounded as if doctored. Something was not right.