MEA CULPA--AND RETRACTION

ON AUGUST 28, 2000, I'D POSTED AN ARTICLE AND MY OPINION, AND A FOLLOW-UP REGUARDING RICK ROCKWELL, AND A WOMAN NAMED TARA JADEAUX, WHOM HE WAS PURPORTED TO BE INVOLVED WITH.
ACCORDING TO AN ARTICLE PRINTED IN THE EDMONTON SUN, ON AUGUST 24, 2000, RICK AND TARA WERE ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED. I, MYSELF, HAD HAD INFORMATION ABOUT A RELATIONSHIP THAT RICK WAS HAVING WITH SOME WOMAN, WHOM I'D THEN ASSUMED TO BE TARA JADEAUX. I'D WRITTEN THAT SHE'D MOVED IN WITH HIM. THAT TURNED OUT NOT TO HAVE BEEN THE CASE.

ON NOV. 26, 2000, I SPOKE WITH "TARA" JADEAUX, WHO GRACIOUSLY FILLED ME IN ON THE TRUE FACTS: THAT SHE'D NEVER EVEN MET RICK IN PERSON, LET ALONE EVER SLEPT WITH HIM, LET ALONE WAS EVER ENGAGED TO HIM. THEY WERE BOTH, IN FACT, VICTIMS OF A PRANKSTER(S), WHO'D BROKEN INTO THEIR E-MAILS, FORGED LETTERS IN THEIR NAMES, AND PERHAPS WAS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR ERRONEOUS INFORMATION BEING GIVEN TO EDMONTON SUN REPORTER, SCOTT PATTISON, WHO'D THEN WRITTEN AN ARTICLE NOW THE CENTER OF A LAWSUIT BY MS. JADEAUX.
WHEN I HAD ASKED MR. PATTISON TO CONFIRM THIS, HE'D DENIED ANY KNOWLEDGE OF ANY COURT ACTION. ( BUT IN MY OPINION, IF I'M ALLOWED ONE, I WOULD BELIEVE MS. JADEAUX ).
THE COMPLETE STORY WILL BE RELATED IN MY OWN UPCOMING BOOK ON RICK, DARVA, AND THE WHO WANTS TO MARRY A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE SHOW ( SINCE IT WILL BE AWHILE FOR THE LAWSUIT TRIAL TO COMMENCE ).

MS. JADEAUX HAS MY FULL APOLOGIES FOR REMARKS I'D WRITTEN, WHICH WERE BASED UPON THE PORTRAYAL OF HER CREATED BY SCOTT PATTISON IN THE DISPUTED ARTICLE. I AM VERY SORRY FOR CAUSING HER UPSET, INDIGNITY, AND DISTRESS.
MR. ROCKWELL ALSO HAS MY APOLOGIES FOR INCONVENIENCING AND UPSETTING HIM.