I am 100% sure of that as well.
The report says at the time of the accident pilot 1 had already completed the 3 TO's and landings. So actually at the time of the crash they were legal. Just there is some discussions about the previous ones.
The fact that Pilot 2 obviously was got at by someone which then made on paper the previous flights illegal. But quite how they managed that if they signed out the aircraft through the techlog I don't know.
I can't see how you can believe you were PIC before and during the flight to then decide afterwards you weren't because someone has had words with you. If you were PIC and the flight was illegal then that's just plain tuff you can't change your mind afterwards.