被以色列青年人事件所围绕、经过了一周震荡的世界桥坛，在经过多轮交换信息后，事件的核心人物、以色列职业桥牌选手Lotan Fisher和Ron Schwartz终于走上前台。他们在昨晚（周一当地时间），通过Facebook发布了声明：

Press Release

Bridge champions Lotan Fisher and Ron Schwartz embark on an international legal battle to clear their names Fisher & Schwartz hired an international legal and professional team which will unveil the persons and interests behind the attempt to implicate them with false accusations.

In recent days, following a series of impressive and exceptional professional success, Mr. Lotan Fisher and Mr. Ron Schwartz, both prominent Bridge champions, have found themselves in the middle of a false and harsh smear campaign, which is orchestrated by several of their rivals in the competitive Bridge field.

Other than several clips which were published online, both Fisher and Schwartz have no knowledge of the nature of the accusations and are both determined to prove their innocence.

Fisher and Schwartz have announced today (Monday) that for the time being and in order to prevent any shadow over their successes, they will not compete as a pair. However the couple wishes to reaffirm that they will both continue to play bridge as teammates both in official and private tournaments.

In addition, Fisher and Schwartz will fully cooperate with any examination and will argue their case against any accusation which will be presented to them. Fisher and Schwartz are fully convinced that justice will prevail and their innocence will be proclaimed shortly.

To facilitate that, Fisher and Schwartz have hired Adv. Dror Arad Ayalon, former chairman of Israel's bar association's ethics committee to lead an international legal and professional team – which will disprove any false accusations, and in addition will disclose the persons and interests behind the heinous attempt to implicate them.

As to the accusation made by Mr. Brogeland – the Fisher-Schwartz legal team responded as follows: 

Mr. Brogeland's accusations are not only paranoid and false, but are also a crude attempt to spin the facts. Despite the great damage Mr. Brogeland inflicted not only to the good names of Mr. Schwartz and Fisher, but also to their livelihood and careers, he now attempts to portray himself as the "innocent victim". The truth is that the only thing Mr. Brogeland has to fear about – is the legal and professional consequences of his actions, in which the first step will be an imminent law suit.

声明指出，Brogeland对他们的指控是毫无证据的，他们将拿起法律武器来捍卫自己的权益。其中最为关键一点是，他们宣布，今后Fisher将与Schwartz分手不再作为搭档。这是他们以退为进的策略吗？

    8月30日，以色列桥牌协会宣布，成立了一个专门委员会，用于调查针对最近在互联网上出现的关于对以色列牌手Fisher/Schwartz的指控。这个道德委员会由 David Fohrer为主席、Asher Akselrod，Modi Koenigsberg，Eitan Levy，Adrian Schwartz为委员组成。

8月31日，挪威桥牌协会公布了他们写给欧洲桥联的官方通信，内容是要求欧洲桥联对挪威牌手Brogeland指控以色列牌Fisher/Schwartz一案进行调查。