The collateral damage included a UVa dean, as well as the entire Greek system there and, well, no one thinks a lot of Teresa Sullivan anymore either. Jackie's account generated much media attention, and UVA President Teresa Sullivan suspended all fraternities. [71], The Washington Post journalist Erik Wemple criticized the story's graphic details of the alleged crime and said that it was hard to believe due to the "diabolical" description. Sabrina Erdely would also continue to write for Rolling Stone. "[90] Writing in Politico two days after the "story fell apart", Julia Horowitz, deputy editor of the university's campus newspaper, described the feeling among students: "The campusrelatively oversaturated with emotion after a semester of significant traumafeels as if it is on stand-by, poised in anticipation of where the next torrent of news will take us. They arrived "minutes later" and found her on the corner next to the building. We dont know where you are. [16] The university would not take further action unless Jackie disclosed the names of the individuals or the fraternity involved. In the episode, Heather fabricates a gang rape at a fraternity. This isn't the first time Rolling Stone has published provably false stories. So where is good old Jackie Coakley these days? Both of those peoplewho attend different colleges and bear no resemblance to the description Jackie gave of her attackersaid in interviews that they knew of Jackie but did not know her well and did not have contact with her after she left for the University of Virginia. Jackie Coakley Where Is She Now - Stay informed with breaking news, in-depth analysis and community coverage. Where, we ask, are the Federal cops? "[151], National Review columnist Jonah Goldberg has called for Phi Kappa Psi to sue Rolling Stone, while at least one legal expert has opined that there is a high likelihood of "civil lawsuits by the fraternity members or by the fraternity itself against the magazine and maybe even some university officials". "[51], "Haven Monahan", as reported by T. Rees Shapiro, "ultimately appeared to be a combination of names belonging to people Jackie interacted with while in high school in Northern Virginia. She began by elaborately concocting electronic evidence for a dream date suitor she called Haven Monahan to entrap a freshman boy named Ryan in a unwanted romantic relationship. Jackie Coakley is a criminal and she needs to spend at least 20 years in jail, for two main reasons. [95], On December 10, 2014, The Washington Post published an updated account of its inquiry into the Rolling Stone article. Charlottesville Police officially suspended their four-month investigation on March 23, 2015, based on lack of credible evidence. ", to become a weapon of revenge.Where, we ask, are the Federal cops? 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. Sullivan Statement Regarding Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Report", "U-Va. 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It has since been reported that Jackie may have invented portions of the story in an unsuccessful attempt to win the affections of a fellow student in whom she had a romantic interest. [114][115], The fact-checker concluded that Ryan "Randall" under pseudonym had not been interviewed, but that the article had pretended he had been. [100], In Erdely's story, the rape was supposed to have occurred during a party at Phi Kappa Psi as part of a pledging ritual. Virginia sorority members called the restrictions "unnecessary and patronizing". [32][33] Erdely defended her decision not to interview the accused by saying that the contact page on the fraternity's website "was pretty outdated". The same account was accessed on March 18, 2016, from inside ALTG, Stein, Mitchell, Muse & Cipollone LLP, Jackie's legal firm. A return to sanity is called for before more wreckage occurs. 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For the first time since 2002, applications to the university dropped. "Drew" eventually sent a photo of "himself" to Jackie's friends, but "the man depicted in that photograph never attended U. Va" and was a high-school classmate of Jackie. Emails filed in federal court on Friday show that the Rolling Stone reporter who wrote a now-debunked article about a gang rape at the University of Virginia told colleagues that "our worst nightmare" became a reality after she realized the main source for the story was lying. Writing in Slate, Hannah Rosin described the new The Washington Post investigation as close "to calling the UVA gang rape story a fabrication". [101][102][a], In 2012 Jackie told her friends that she had been accosted by five men, though she later testified to Erdely that she had been attacked by seven, with two more directing and encouraging the rape. [152][153] ABC News has reported that the accuser, Jackie, herself might be sued. The Washington Times determined "Drew"'s "telephone" and "Blackberry" numbers were in fact "Internet phone numbers that enable the user to make calls or send SMS text messages to telephones from a computer or iPad while creating the appearance that they are coming from a real phone". All of this, we might point out, happened only because a petulant, amoral female student wanted attention, and because the climate against sexual assault has risen to where the assumption is of guilt rather than innocence. [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. She decided to get the attention she wanted, by making up a completely baseless story about having been gang-raped at a fraternity house, Phi Kappa Psi (colloquially referred to as Phi Psi). After both the Charlottesville Police press conference and Columbia University's investigative report, UVA President Teresa Sullivan released the following statement: Rolling Stone's story, 'A Rape on Campus', did nothing to combat sexual violence, and it damaged serious efforts to address the issue. [68], On October 24, 2016, in a video deposition, Jackie said, "I stand by the account I gave Rolling Stone. The trio also sent text messages to a phone number Jackie said was the mobile phone of her date and were surprised that the owner of the phone number responded primarily with flattering messages about Randall, whom Jackie was romantically interested in. Eramo filed a $7.5 million defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone and Erdely last year. "[116] Given the anti-violence, anti-rape climate we are in, it is. In New York federal court, Rolling Stone wrapped up the last remaining piece of litigation emanating from its retracted 2014 article about a rape [of proven liar Jackie Coakley] at a University of Virginia campus fraternity. [16], Jackie's academic performance reportedly declined, and she became socially withdrawn due to emotional distress. Lindy West said that female rape victims will probably be less likely to report sexual assaults for fear of being questioned by "some teenage 4Channer". Complaint, Virginia Alpha Chapter of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity v. Rolling Stone LLC, No. In addition, several windows were broken with bottles and cinder blocks, and police officials said that the group received "disparaging messages" on social media. "[69][70] Around the same time, WCAV of Charlottesville, Virginia, published the audio of Jackie's 2014 statements to Erdely. [37], The Washington Post reporters later interviewed the accuser at the center of Erdely's story and two of the friends that Rolling Stone said she had met on the night of the incident. [157], On May 12, 2015, UVA associate dean Nicole Eramo, chief administrator for handling sexual assault issues at the school, filed a $7.5 million defamation lawsuit in Charlottesville Circuit Court against Rolling Stone and Erdely, claiming damage to her reputation and emotional distress. [174][175], Response of fraternity and sorority groups, Columbia University School of Journalism's investigation. Well, she is married and is now "Jackie McGovern", living her life, la-la-la, scot-free. [citation needed]. Rolling Stone was hardly innocent, but this whole episode cost them whatever reputation remained.All of this, we might point out, happened only because a petulant, amoral female student wanted attention, and because the climate against sexual assault has risen to where the assumption is of guilt rather than innocence. The published story glossed over the gaps in the magazine's reporting by using pseudonyms and by failing to state where important information had come from. You all know where she is. A number of commentators accused the magazine of setting rape victims "back decades", while The Washington Post described the Rolling Stone story as a "catastrophe for journalism". Sponsorship and interview inquiries cheerfully welcomed at [email protected]. to see all of them, at. Jury selection starts June 4. Someone else kneels on her hair. The report indicated the college students suffered disgust, emotion, and confusion. [125] He added, "False accusations have been extremely damaging to our entire organization, but we can only begin to imagine the setback this must have dealt to survivors of sexual assault. Now, that's no longer the case. There's some reporting on the university's culture, which shouldn't be taken seriously in light of the fraud exposed by the police; there's some reporting on the university leadership's approach to the issue, which shouldn't be taken seriously in light of the fraud exposed by the police. [33][72][73] Natasha Vargas-Cooper, a columnist at The Intercept, said that Erdely's decision not to interview the accused fraternity members showed "a horrendous, hidden bias the premise that none of these guys would tell the truth if asked", while a staff editorial in The Wall Street Journal charged that "Ms. Erdely did not construct a story based on facts, but went looking for facts to fit her theory. [44] However, media investigations have determined that no student named "Haven Monahan" has attended the University of Virginia;[45] the portrait of "Haven Monahan" is an image of a classmate of Jackie's in high school, who has never attended the University of Virginia;[46] the three telephone numbers through which "Haven Monahan" contacted Jackie's friends are registered "internet telephone numbers" that "enable the user to make calls or send SMS text messages to telephones from a computer or iPad while creating the appearance that they are coming from a real phone"[47] and love letters written by Jackie and forwarded by "Haven Monahan" to Ryan Duffin are largely plagiarized from scripts of the TV series Dawson's Creek and Scrubs.
