 Hallam would again recant her accusation – this time of Burton's alleged son – later admitting that she lied in order to cover up an assault suffered at the hands of her husband after he found out about an affair she was having with another white man, when she began exhibiting symptoms of her STI.To provide an explanation for her battered face, she concocted the story that she was raped by a black man.No charges were filed against her for perjury or for making a false report.