“‘As understandably troubling as the accusations noted in recent press accounts are, they are unfounded,’ he said in a written statement. ‘As anyone who truly knows me will attest, I have not lived my life as an oppressor or an aggressor.'” In response, all four men who spoke to the Times stood by their stories. Said one of Levine, “He is lying. … I will take a lie-detector test. Will he?”