"[84], After two Vanderbilt University football players were convicted of rape on January 27, 2015, Richard Bradley, who was the first mainstream journalist to question the Rolling Stone story, wrote a blogpost titled "Why Didn't Sabrina Rubin Erdely Write about Vanderbilt?" "[94][106][107] [42], The article uses the pseudonym "Drew" to refer to a third-year student at the University of Virginia who takes Jackie to the fraternity party where the alleged rape takes place. In her remarks, she said, "Before the Rolling Stone story was discredited, it seemed to resonate with some people simply because it confirmed their darkest suspicions about universities—that administrations are corrupt; that today's students are reckless and irresponsible; that fraternities are hot-beds of deviant behavior. [40] [49][50] After initially refusing to answer whether Jackie had access to or created the Haven Monahan email account, on May 31, 2016, Jackie's law firm filed court papers acknowledging they had recently accessed "Haven Monahan's" e-mail account for the purpose "of confirming that documents Eramo requested for the lawsuit were no longer in Jackie's possession. 'Third, our Chapter's pledging and initiation periods, as required by the University and Inter-Fraternity Council, take place solely in the spring semester and not in the fall semester. 'Jackie' from Rolling Stone UVA article may finally speak at defamation trial. "[131] Phi Kappa Psi members received death threats and the president of University postponed all events related to its fraternities and sororities until mid-January. The fraternity said that it was working with police, but said it had found out several aspects of the account were inaccurate - it said Phi Kappa Psi did not host party the night of the alleged assault. It was absurd. Charlottesville Police officially suspended their four-month investigation on March 23, 2015, based on lack of credible evidence. Cavalier columnist Dani Bernstein rejected Erdely's portrayal of UVA's student body as sharing equal blame with the administration. Our goal is to provide an environment that is as safe as possible for our students and the entire University community,' President Sullivan writes. While her friends were distraught at her condition, she claimed they debated calling the police fearing the impact it would have on Jackie's and their reputation (the two boys wanted to rush a fraternity). Rolling Stone publisher Jann S. Wenner said he suffered as much as Eramo.[13]. [170] The lawsuit was settled on December 21, 2017. After the date, they allegedly went to a party at his fraternity house, where he brought her to a dark bedroom upstairs and "a heavy person jumps on top of her. In today's 24-hour news cycle, we all have a tendency to rush to judgment without having all of the facts in front of us. The story portrayed University staff members as manipulative and callous toward victims of sexual assault. [112] The Columbia report stated that "At Rolling Stone, every story is assigned to a fact-checker. [169], A further lawsuit by a number of members of the fraternity was greenlighted by a court of appeals on September 19, 2017, after originally being dismissed by a lower court in June 2016. When asked if Dana's departure was influenced by the debacle surrounding Erdely's article, the magazine's publisher responded that "many factors go into a decision like this". [117], The report concluded, "Rolling Stone's repudiation of the main narrative in "A Rape on Campus" is a story of journalistic failure that was avoidable. Prior to the publication of the story, Early Action applications were up 7.5 percent with 16,187 applicants. The magazine set aside or rationalized as unnecessary essential practices of reporting that, if pursued, would likely have led the magazine's editors to reconsider publishing Jackie's narrative so prominently, if at all. The article claimed that Jackie Coakley,[6][7] a UVA student identified only as "Jackie" by the magazine, had been taken to a party hosted by UVA's Phi Kappa Psi fraternity by a fellow student. PM and his fiancee 'plan to get married as soon as coronavirus restrictions... Is YOUR best friend toxic? How honest are the intentions of Cosby's accusers? [168] On June 13, 2017, the lawsuit was settled for $1.65 million. The three friends disclosed to ABC News their actual names – Alex Stock's pseudonym was "Andy", Kathryn Hendley's was "Cindy", Ryan (Duffin) was "Randall"[100] – and went on record that on the night of the alleged event Jackie told the two men that she was forced to fellate five men while a sixth stood by. In the story by writer Sabrina Rubin Erdely, a junior identified only as 'Jackie' says she was repeatedly assaulted by a group of seven Phi Kappa Psi fraternity members. "[58] On December 6, Rolling Stone updated the apology to say the mistakes in the article were the fault of Rolling Stone and not of its source, while noting that "there now appear to be discrepancies in Jackie's account". [113] The Columbia Journalism Review called the story "this year's media-fail sweepstakes". In response to those revelations, Jackie's father declared that Phi Kappa Psi had been misidentified and the attack had occurred at a different fraternity, though he did not elaborate as to which one. [26] A few hours after the incident, several news groups received an anonymous letter claiming responsibility for the vandalism and demanding that the university implement harsher consequences for sexual assault (mandatory expulsion), conduct a review of all fraternities on campus, the resignation of Nicole Eramo, and the implementation of harm reduction policies at fraternity parties. Her father today said she was telling the truth and had made one mistake about the fraternity's name, Rolling Stone magazine has apologized for trusting the subject of rape article after the University of Virginia fraternity revealed they did not have a party the night of alleged rape and no 'lifeguard' is a member. 'Over the past two weeks the Virginia Alpha Chapter of Phi Kappa Psi has been working tirelessly and openly with the Charlottesville Police Department as they investigate the allegations detailed in the November 19, 2012 Rolling Stone article. And she told Erdely about her eagerness to create “bad publicity” against UVA. And he added that his daughter’s detractors had failed in their duty to seek her version of events before accusing her of lying. So it took me a day or two to admit that I found many of Erdely's details unrecognizable. This notion is vile, and we vehemently refute this claim.'. accuser an 'expert fabulist storyteller, "Rolling Stone Can't Even Apologize Right", "Will Dana, Rolling Stone's Managing Editor, to Depart", "Editor who oversaw Rolling Stone's rape story departs magazine, four months too late", "Rolling Stone Appoints a New Managing Editor", "UVA's Phi Psi Responds to Cleared Rape Allegations", "UVA Fraternity Considers Legal Action Over Rolling Stone Article", "UVA Fraternity Exploring Legal Options to Address 'Extensive Damage Caused by Rolling Stone, "Police unable to verify 'Rolling Stone' rape story", "President Teresa A. 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