A hand covers her mouth. "[117] It points out that Rolling Stone staff were initially unwilling to recognize these deficiencies and denied a need for policy changes. The Cardinal defense forced the Mustangs into 22 turnover and held them to just 10 points in the first half. [38], The two friends confirmed to the Post that they remembered meeting Jackie on the night of the incident, that she was distraught but not visibly injured or bloodied, and that details she provided then were different from those in the Rolling Stone article. [32][71][72] 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. Jackie Mcgovern. Prior to the alleged event, Jackie provided evidence of her relationship with "Drew" to her friends by supplying a phone number for "Drew", with whom Jackie's friends subsequently exchanged messages. Cnhs 00008. It was later revealed Erdely had not interviewed any of the men accused of the rape. A year ago we told you about a Sacred Heart University student who was charged with falsely reporting an incident and "tampering with or fabricating physical evidence". 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. [17], Inquirer media columnist Michael Smerconish recounted that when he interviewed Erdely about the story on Sirius XM radio, she told him: "I talked to all of her friends, all the people that she confided in along the way." [27], The Interfraternity Council (IFC) at UVA released a statement on its website in response to the article that said: "an IFC officer was interviewed by Rolling Stone regarding the culture of sexual violence at the University. [151][152] ABC News has reported that the accuser, Jackie, herself might be sued. But it wont be to you if you keep acting the way you do towards her. [36], 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. On March 23, 2015, police noted that Jackie refused to cooperate with law enforcement during the investigation. The details have not been disclosed, but at least two members of the fraternity will be the beneficiary of the settlement. The communications were supposed to be confidential, but now at least some of them have come into the possession of Virginia news outlet WTVR News. "[157] In February 2016, the judge in the lawsuit ordered Jackie to appear at a deposition on April 5, 2016. He wrote:[86]. [8][9], On January 12, 2015, Charlottesville Police officials told UVA that an investigation had failed to find any evidence confirming the events in the Rolling Stone article. Others named Jackie Coakley. Minneapolis, MN. [65], Spokesmen for both Wenner[66] and Dana said that Erdely would continue to write articles for Rolling Stone. [94], On December 10, 2014, The Washington Post published an updated account of its inquiry into the Rolling Stone article. We dont know where you are. In fact, Jackie made him up in an elaborate attempt to win the affections of another student. [60] In the aftermath of the collapse of the story, Dana noted: "Right now, we're picking up the pieces. We must, apparently, not give out the names of accusers. [17] In Rolling Stone's version, Jackie's friends discouraged her from going to the hospital to protect her reputation and because Andy and Randall planned to rush fraternities and worried their association with Jackie might hurt their chances if she reported it. I believed it to be true at the time. But I have a pretty good notion that she violated some serious criminal statutes; after all, participating in a fraud involving the mails (a magazine) or wire (somewhere along the line) is a Federal issue. "[104], On January 12, 2015, the University of Virginia reinstated the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity after the police investigation concluded that no incident had occurred at the fraternity. Jackie's sister remembers her as a nurturer, mentor . Wenner, who was reportedly "furious" at Erdely's story, declined to accept the resignation. Sullivan said: "I was plainly not prepared for what the story looked like. Rolling Stone falsely accused some University of Virginia students of heinous, criminal acts, and falsely depicted others as indifferent to the suffering of their classmate. Had they done so, of course, they might have realized that some of the names in the account didn't exist, and that there was no party at all at the Phi Psi house on the night Miss Coakley claimed to have been assaulted at, she claimed, a party.Rolling Stone ran the story anyway, to their journalistic and financial detriment. [153] According to Miltenberg, he specializes in "defamation and complex internet and First Amendment issues". Fraternity officials also noted that, prior to the Rolling Stone story, there had never been a criminal investigation or allegation of sexual assault against an undergraduate member of the chapter. How honest are the intentions of Cosby's accusers? She never apologized for her behavior and rush to judgement. [122] Dana was replaced by Jason Fine, the managing editor of Men's Journal. 28 year old female; Colchester, CT Goose Creek, SC Brooksville, FL Stafford, VA; John Edmund Coakley John Thomas Coakley Matthew T Coakley Sharon Elizabeth Coakley More People; Get Your Report Jacqueline Coakley 51 year old female Unlock premium content, ad-free browsing, and access to comments for just $4/month. In exchange for discussing her story with Post reporters, The Post agreed in late 2014 not to report her full name. Teresa Sullivan, the president of UVa, promptly shut down all the fraternities and, bizarrely, the sororities as well (don't ask), in a "ready, fire, aim" response, without allowing even the Phi Psis the due process to point out all the inaccuracies that made the article suspect.Ultimately, Rolling Stone got sued, paid out a big settlement to get out from under their own stupidity, and took a big black eye as far as journalistic competence. 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. But as Smerconish wrote, "[S]he did not talk to all of Jackie's friends. A return to sanity is called for before more wreckage occurs. Writing in Slate, Hannah Rosin described the new The Washington Post investigation as close "to calling the UVA gang rape story a fabrication". [citation needed]. During the trial, it was revealed that Rolling Stone removed information that cast Eramo in a favorable light. One friend, Ryan Duffin (called "Randall" in the Rolling Stone article), told The Washington Post that he had never spoken to any reporter from Rolling Stone, although Erdely had claimed him as a source to corroborate the accuser's story. The march ended outside of the Phi Kappa Psi house where protesters challenged a perceived "culture of sexual assault at the University". Sorority Women Say", "Rolling Stone may have crushed anti-rape bill", "Rolling Stone threw a rape victim to the misogynist horde", "Greek leaders go on the offensive at UVA", "Campus sexual assault under fresh scrutiny after new survey shows lower incidence: News", "Sex crimes on campus: Professors as judges", "The new panic: campus sex assaults Opinion", "Charlottesville police make clear that Rolling Stone story is a complete crock", "Civil, Criminal Lawsuits: Possible Outcomes of, "Former UVA Fraternity Member Hires Lawyer Who Specializes in Sex Assault Cases", "The year in media errors and corrections 2014", "U-Va. Dean Sues Rolling Stone for 'False' Portrayal in Retracted Rape Story", "Attorneys for 'Jackie' in Rolling Stone Lawsuit Protest Under-Oath Deposition, Say It Could 'Re-Traumatize' Her", "Former U-va. Student 'Jackie' to Sit for Deposition in Rolling Stone Lawsuit", "Jury says Rolling Stone article defamed UVa administrator | Local", "Rolling Stone trial: Jury finds magazine liable for defamation for discredited rape story Nov. 4, 2016", "In Rolling Stone Defamation Case, Magazine and Reporter Ordered to Pay $3 Million", "U-Va. "[115] They came to the conclusion that they were comfortable" with not making it clear to readers that they had never contacted Ryan. "[143] Writing for Bloomberg, Zara Kessler observed that, "suddenly, every Cosby accuser is a potential 'Jackie'although we don't yet know precisely what it means to be a 'Jackie.' "[39] In the aftermath, Jackie was characterized as "a really expert fabulist storyteller" by Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner in an April 5, 2015 interview. 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. The two sides settled in April 2017 for an undisclosed amount. Jacqueline Coakley Student at University of Massachusetts, Amherst Plymouth County, MA. That's terrible for journalism", "Should there have been firings at Rolling Stone? 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). [160] On November 4, 2016, after 20 hours of deliberation,[161] a jury consisting of eight women and two men found Rolling Stone, the magazine's publisher and Erdely liable for defaming Eramo. [145], Media sources and commentators discussed the allegations in the context of the reported "rape culture" or a rampant sexual assault epidemic that activists had claimed existed on U.S. college campuses. Subscribe please (its cheap!) Erdely wanted to tell the story of a campus body and university administration behaving indifferently to an unspeakable crime. By December 5, 2014, Christopher Pivik, a former member of Phi Kappa Psi at the University of Virginia, had retained attorney Andrew Miltenberg. Quoting its legal consultant Mark Eiglarsh, the network reported that if Jackie "allegedly lied and that perpetrator suffered injury as a result, she could be sued for damages". [27] Community members offered suggestions for immediate steps administration could take to implement preventive measures and address safety concerns regarding sexual assault. [130], One month after the publication of the Rolling Stone article, the Rector of the University of Virginia, George Keith Martin, accused the magazine of "drive-by journalism" when he stated, "Like a neighborhood thrown into chaos by drive-by violence, our tightly knit community has experienced the full fury of drive-by journalism in the 21st century. They have also lived in Newport, RI and Stafford, VA. Jacqueline is related to Joan C Connelly and Sharon Elizabeth Coakley as well as 3 additional people. [15], According to Los Angeles Times columnist Jonah Goldberg's summary of the story, on September 28, 2012, Jackie, a freshman at UVA, had a date with a Phi Kappa Psi member "Drew", a junior at UVA. "Under the scenario cited by Erdely", Wemple wrote, "the Phi Kappa Psi members are not just criminal sexual-assault offenders, they're criminal sexual-assault conspiracists, planners, long-range schemers. 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[139], Due to increased social skepticism about the prevalence of sexual assault created by the unraveling of Erdely's Rolling Stone report, the Military Justice Improvement Act would be "much harder" to enact, according to Margaret Carlson,[140] and ultimately did not pass in that congressional session. The story was heart-breaking, but ultimately appears to be proved untrue. ", "University urged to end Greek groups' suspension", "UVA Issues Statement Regarding Fraternal Suspension", "Police clear U-Va. fraternity, say rape did not happen there", "The Washington Post Inches Closer to Calling the UVA Gang Rape Story a Fabrication", "Report: Rolling Stone rape article 'journalistic failure', "Updated: Jurors Hear From 'Jackie's' Friends in Rolling Stone Trial", "New Questions Raised About Rolling Stone's UVA Rape Story", "What Happened to Jackie? [169] The lawsuit was settled on December 21, 2017. Dalmatian Puppy by Jacki McGovern. "[50], "Haven Monahan", as reported by T. 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