I read that Gavin met with Craig, shake his hand and recognized him as real Satoshi somewhere. And now Gavin is backing out saying that he had no idea about it?
To recognize someone as Satoshi you have to be more than sure and I thought Craig showed him some irrefutable proof and that is the reason Gavin supports him.
No I think that was creative writing in the article you're recalling, Gavin had never claimed to know what Satoshi looked like as he never met 'him'.
Wright is accused of some shady shenanigans by the Australian Tax authorities which might explain his desire to make a big noise now about being Satoshi. Perhaps he figured he could pull it off convincingly enough that he'd be able to plead persecution and claim the charges are all part of bankster ploy to crush Satoshi, when the truth is more likely that he's just a smarter-than-average conman.