Man, you are out of control. I don't think anyone denies they were blinded their own agenda. But it is tin foil hat stuff to believe they made it up from the start. Delusional yes, conspiratorial I don't think so.
You obviously haven’t been following the case.
http://ekstrandlawsuit.blogspot.com/
http://www.dukelawsuit.com/
http://www.newsobserver.com/content/media/2007/10/5/20071005_laxlawsuit.pdf
It was a Frame. Here are the lawsuits alleging that very thing.