Sounds like he believes she mis-remembered and therefore doesn’t need to make a full apology. Again, we weren’t there- if he did it then he’s definitely in the wrong - if there was some sort of miscommunication then perhaps a “I’m sorry she feels hurt by that.” might feel more prudent to him.

Rashomon was FAMOUSLY about an event that had many different perspective & characters telling the same “story” from different perspectives, with often wildly different retellings of the sameevent. Not taking a side here, but want to point out that you may be attaching your own prejudice to his statement without…