She couldn’t remember virtually anything about an alleged incident 36 years ago, nor anything from 2 months ago, 1 month ago, or even the week before.
Ditto that. One possibility for the recent memory loss, is there probably wasn't much of a memory to lose. It is likely most of her arrangements were made by someone else. She didn't even know who was paying her lawyers. The lawyers had to jump in and say they were doing it pro bono. PhD means (pampered hourly daily)