Drose did seem to say he didn't write the article himself.
Just look at 19 and 20 together.
[Honig] 19. On or before June 20, 2016, Defendant Drose drafted an article under his pseudonym “Bleecker Street Research” entitled “Pershing Gold and ChromaDex Exposed: These Barry Honig Names Could Fall 70-80% (Or More).” (hereinafter the “Article”). Drose submitted the Article to Seeking Alpha for publication on that website. On June 20, 2016, Seeking Alpha posted the Article on its site.
[Drose] 19. The allegations of paragraph 19 are admitted except that the allegation that Defendant Drose wrote the “article” (the Blog) is denied.
[Honig] 20. On information and belief, Does 1-10 encouraged Defendant Drose to draft and publish the Article, and they assisted him with the drafting and publishing process.
[Drose] 20. The allegations of paragraph 20 are denied. Defendant Drose did not draft the blog.
That confirmed what some of us have suspected.