His response to these charges has been a series of denials and 'fudges'.
It was later discovered that the researchers had 'fudged' their data.
a 'hot-fudge' sundae [=an ice-cream sundae made with hot fudge]
(..) It was winter. And she put us in our best party dresses and dragged us down to the kitchen, which was- - A mess. - Covered, every counter, in fudge. She'd been up all night making it. We loaded it into the car, and she drove us right past school... straight up to New York, to Lord & Taylor. Which was closed, because we got there at in the morning. - That's right, and we hung out in the car. - Eating fudge for breakfast. Mom had heard about Mrs. Fields. You know, the cookie lady? And she figured that her fudge was just as good as those cookies, so- So she was gonna make a fortune. (..)2005 In Her Shoes