Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "A Rape on Campus" in English language version.
The woman whose harrowing account of being gang-raped at a University of Virginia fraternity house was the centerpiece of a now-discredited Rolling Stone magazine article testified in a deposition heard by the public for the first time on Monday that the story was what she believed 'to be true at the time.'
First published in Rolling Stone in 2014, 'A Rape on Campus: A Brutal Assault and Struggle for Justice' turned out to be seriously fake news.
The woman whose harrowing account of being gang-raped at a University of Virginia fraternity house was the centerpiece of a now-discredited Rolling Stone magazine article testified in a deposition heard by the public for the first time on Monday that the story was what she believed 'to be true at the time.'
First published in Rolling Stone in 2014, 'A Rape on Campus: A Brutal Assault and Struggle for Justice' turned out to be seriously fake news.
A somewhat similar fake news story about rape was promulgated by Rolling Stone in a 9,000-word article ("A Rape on Campus") that supposedly detailed a savage gang rape in 2012 of a University of Virginia first year co-ed.
Yahoo showed that the email account was created in Charlottesville at an IP address "allocated to the University of Virginia" on Oct. 2, 2012, only one day before that same account sent an email to Jackie's friend Ryan Duffin. Yahoo further showed that the Monahan email had last been accessed from an IP address in Washington, D.C., that was "allocated to ALTG, Stein, Mitchell, Muse & Cipollone LLP"—the same firm representing Jackie—on March 18, days before and after Jackie's counsel stated they were not in possession of the Haven Monahan documents.
"With [the publication of this article], we are officially retracting 'A Rape on Campus.'
The Rolling Stone story, which was eventually retracted in April 2015, centered on student Jackie Coakley and her falsified story of being gang raped
Jackie responded: "I stand by the account I gave to Rolling Stone. I believed it to be true at the time."
After initially refusing to address the charge that Jackie made up the Haven Monahan email account, the lawyers for Jackie admitted in a later filing that they had recently accessed the Monahan e-mail, but solely for the purpose of confirming that documents Eramo requested for the lawsuit were no longer in Jackie's possession.
Scott Sexton, an attorney for Rolling Stone, told the jurors in his closing statement that the magazine 'acknowledges huge errors in not being more dogged ... It's the worst thing to ever happen to Rolling Stone.' [...] Sexton said that, in effect, Erdely and Rolling Stone had fallen victim to what he called at points a 'hoax,' a 'fraud' and a 'perfect storm.' The magazine's editorial staff was no match for Jackie, Sexton said, noting that the magazine was not sure what exactly had happened to her, but admitted 'she deceived us, and we do know it was purposeful.'
Forcing her to revisit her sexual assault, and then the re-victimization that took place after the Rolling Stone article came out, will inevitably lead to a worsening of her symptoms and current mental health," Jackie's attorneys wrote, citing "extensive support in the medical literature" that shows "sexual assault victims will experience trauma if they are forced to revisit the details of their assault.
"With [the publication of this article], we are officially retracting 'A Rape on Campus.'
A somewhat similar fake news story about rape was promulgated by Rolling Stone in a 9,000-word article ("A Rape on Campus") that supposedly detailed a savage gang rape in 2012 of a University of Virginia first year co-ed.
The Rolling Stone story, which was eventually retracted in April 2015, centered on student Jackie Coakley and her falsified story of being gang raped
Jackie responded: "I stand by the account I gave to Rolling Stone. I believed it to be true at the time."
Yahoo showed that the email account was created in Charlottesville at an IP address "allocated to the University of Virginia" on Oct. 2, 2012, only one day before that same account sent an email to Jackie's friend Ryan Duffin. Yahoo further showed that the Monahan email had last been accessed from an IP address in Washington, D.C., that was "allocated to ALTG, Stein, Mitchell, Muse & Cipollone LLP"—the same firm representing Jackie—on March 18, days before and after Jackie's counsel stated they were not in possession of the Haven Monahan documents.
After initially refusing to address the charge that Jackie made up the Haven Monahan email account, the lawyers for Jackie admitted in a later filing that they had recently accessed the Monahan e-mail, but solely for the purpose of confirming that documents Eramo requested for the lawsuit were no longer in Jackie's possession.
Scott Sexton, an attorney for Rolling Stone, told the jurors in his closing statement that the magazine 'acknowledges huge errors in not being more dogged ... It's the worst thing to ever happen to Rolling Stone.' [...] Sexton said that, in effect, Erdely and Rolling Stone had fallen victim to what he called at points a 'hoax,' a 'fraud' and a 'perfect storm.' The magazine's editorial staff was no match for Jackie, Sexton said, noting that the magazine was not sure what exactly had happened to her, but admitted 'she deceived us, and we do know it was purposeful.'
Jackie testified, 'I stand by the account I gave Rolling Stone. I believed it to be true at the time.'
Forcing her to revisit her sexual assault, and then the re-victimization that took place after the Rolling Stone article came out, will inevitably lead to a worsening of her symptoms and current mental health," Jackie's attorneys wrote, citing "extensive support in the medical literature" that shows "sexual assault victims will experience trauma if they are forced to revisit the details of their assault.
Jackie testified, 'I stand by the account I gave Rolling Stone. I believed it to be true at the time.'
