The obsessed fan who previously accused frontman of the band Bright Eyes Conor Oberst of raping her at a 2003 concert has retracted her statements publicly and admitted that she had made up those lies to gain attention, E! Online reports.

The series of anonymous messages posted on XOJane.com that accused Oberst of sexual assault were all apparently false. The sexual assault allegedly took place after a gig in North Carolina when the accuser was 16.

The legal representatives of Oberst were instructed to sue the woman for defamation after he denied the accusations. They were able to identify the author of the posts as Joan Faircloth. Oberst and his legal team were requested for a summary judgment last week after Faircloth failed to respond to the legal action. Now, after the whole ordeal, she has decided to come clean and confess to the complete fabrication of the encounter in 2003. She wrote a statement that she issued to BuzzFeed where she emphasized that any and all accusations she made in the past six months were all "100 percent false."

According to Faircloth, she made up the lies in order to gain attention while she was going through a difficult period in her life and trying to cope with the illness of her son. She sincerely apologized to the singer after publicly retracting her statements. The accuser turned defendant also extended her apologies to the star's family, friends, and fans for writing awful things about him. In a statement, his lawyers clarified that the only connection between the two was one of artist and fan.

Oberst has not yet responded to this confession as he is currently on tour in Europe. However, he is demanding compensation from Faircloth amounting to $1.2 million for his damaged reputation as well as his career, Contactmusic.com reports. Her accusations included claims of Conor taking her dignity, virginity, and self-esteem as he took advantage of her teenage crush on him.