Jury Finds 'Rolling Stone,' Reporter Liable for Damages Over Rape Allegation Story
A federal jury has found that Rolling Stone, a reporter and the magazine's publisher are liable in a defamation lawsuit over a 2014 article about an alleged rape at the University of Virginia.
The trial centered on an article by reporter Sabrina Rubin Erdely that told the story of a student identified as "Jackie" who said she was brutally gang raped at a fraternity party.
But "several outlets, including The Washington Post, identified major inconsistencies in the reporting," as The Two-Way has reported:
"Soon afterward, Rolling Stone retracted the story, saying the magazine had relied too much on "Jackie's" account and did not adequately work to confirm her story.
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"An investigation found that repeated, systematic failures within the magazine led to the article's publication."
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Nicole Eramo, a former associate dean of students, sued for $7.85 million over how she was portrayed. As we reported, she "said the article painted her as the 'chief villain' of the story, full of indifference toward a sexual assault allegation."
Damages have yet to be assessed.
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