On Friday, Fox News claimed that one of Roy Moore’s accusers forged some of a yearbook inscription which had previously been used to substantiate Moore’s connection with the alleged victim.
Fox News tweeted that, “Roy Moore accuser admits she forged part of yearbook inscription attributed to Alabama senate candidate.” (Fox later deleted the tweet without explanation.)
This claim was also repeated with expanded specificity by pundit Dinesh D’Souza, who tweeted “Roy Moore’s ordinary accuser forged his signature in her yearbook.”
Did the accuser admit to forging either “part of an inscription” or Roy Moore’s “signature”?
In an interview with ABC News, Beverly Young Nelson admitted that she had added text after Moore’s signature in the yearbook but said that Roy Moore’s inscription and signature were both authentic. “Nelson said she did make notes to the inscription, but the message was all Roy Moore,” ABC reports.
This does not mean the inscription and/or signature are authentic—only that Nelson has not admitted to forging either the note in the yearbook or the signature which follows the inscription.
Nelson accused Moore of sexually assaulting her when she was 16. Moore has denied the allegations, calling them “completely false” and “malicious.”
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