I am not a detective
Well that's obvious.
Looking at the information provided something becomes very clear to me.
Nobody's story changed just the amount of information. It's pretty clear none of them were intentionally lying about the situation and that they didn't even know the whole story until later.
What it really comes down to is that Ineffable, as sole judge and jury of the Manager League Committee, decided to go Stalinist on TWM, Jay and Apollo and send them to Siberia, because they were affiliated to something he knew nothing about.