Thie whole thing reminds me of the teacher who was accused of fondling a female student in the detention room. My, how the Freepers went off! Then a few days later it was revealed that footage from the school security cameras showed that the teacher was not in the room at the time the incident was supposed to have occurred. Turns out the teacher had been the one to send the girl to detention, and she wanted some payback.
We have one local TV station that focuses on the "if it bleeds, it leads" sort of story...I'm guessing that the TV station that did this version of the story is the same way: anything for some controversy.