[snopercod]

...why did it take them a full week to come up with this explanation?

I think Vinomori is right. The CBS legal department is in control now. They are buying more time to sort out their options.

[Jim Noble]

I think they were going to say the "documents" were re-creations of genuine stuff, but the lawyers must have realized that there would be guys in handcuffs five minutes afterward.

They don't have very many good choices.