The BBC reports that Saudi authorities say the female sexual assault victim sentenced to 200 lashes and six months in prison has confessed to an extramarital affair:

The woman was initially to be punished for violating strict gender segregation laws in Saudi Arabia, for riding in the car of a man who was not related to her when they were both attacked.

"The Saudi justice minister expressed his regret about the media reports over the role of the woman in this case which put out false information and wrongly defend her," the statement said.

"The charged girl is a married woman who confessed to having an affair with the man she was caught with."

Here's my first post on this topic.