Look I don't follow much of Caro's work, mainly due to the fact that she reports on Richmond & Carlton a whole lot and I tend to not waste my time reading about clubs I have no care about. However on this issue I care because she is writing about a subject I have an interest in and as such would take offence if I thought she had written a whole heap of garbage.
Personally I don't think she would have written such a piece unless she had some idea about she was talking about, but I guess we may not know the full story for some time, perhaps never. But I guess Aker will be retiring in 3 or 4 months time so I guess we may find out his version of the story shortly after his departure from the club.