The allegations in the indictment about Mr. Adkins are simply not true. We believe that when the case is tried that Mr. Adkins will be found not guilty on all counts.

Whether or not the allegations against him are true or not, I don't see what happened as so much about the goth subculture as his personal history.

This is simply not true.

I am furious at the allegations because it's just not true. It's not true and it's unfair.

When you are writing, you have to go for the jugular, ... You have to write what's true. I really believe in telling the truth. I don't feel any blame, guilt, shame or anger for the things I've lived in my life. In that way I think I am free. If I felt guilty about the things I did, I wouldn't have had the book published.

In a Friday Defender column, Winfrey said, ''I'm furious at the allegations because it's just not true.