To Tell or Not To Tell

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My brother and his wife have a very turbulent relationship, and always have. They've been married for a little over 3 years. Last summer, she was pregnant. She came over one night while my brother was at work, and told me that she had been to the doctor that day. He informed her that she had an STD, and gave her some antibiotics to take care of it, and gave her more for her husband (my brother) to take as well. She was in tears because she didn't know if (1) She had gotten it from him, and he had caught it by cheating on her, OR (2) If he had caught it from her, and she had gotten it from sleeping with someone else. At THAT point, I was like WHOA hold up ! Are you cheating on him? She said no. She said that one night she had gone to get a sack after work, and her dealer raped her. She said she really didn't know if the baby was his or her husband's (my brother). I asked her if she reported it, and she said no, that she had been drinking and smoking pot that night, and she also had told no one else. She said she was afraid that my brother would try to kill him, and she didn't want him to go to jail. She was also afraid no one would believe her, and she'd would be homeless if he put her out. She begged me not to say anything, and said she just needed a sympathetic ear. I told her that the whole situation was not something that I felt needed to be kept from him. Although their marriage isn't really my business, this IS MY BROTHER. And I , for one, don't believe her crap. It wouldn't be the first time she's made up a whopper to cover her own tail. But then again, it *could* be true. Either way, I feel like he deserves to know. The baby is almost a year old now, and I know she still hasn't told him. I try not to think about it, but every once in a while, it pops back up in my head. I truly wish she'd never have told me. I know that if he finds out in the future, and finds out that I've known all this time--there will be hell to pay.