SAVE: Rolling Stone Verdict Highlights Need for State Lawmakers to Bring an End to Campus Rape Vigilantism

Submitted by Matt on Mon, 2016-11-07 18:30

Press release here. Excerpt:

'A federal jury decided on Friday that Rolling Stone magazine was responsible for libel and acted with “actual malice” in its reporting of an alleged gang rape at the University of Virginia. Later this week the jurors will decide on UVA dean Nicole Eramo’s $7.5 million lawsuit demand.

Thousands of news accounts and internet sites have now identified the UVA rape accuser as Jackie Coakley of Charlottesville, Virginia.

Coakley alleged that a student named “Drew” brought her to the fraternity house where she was led upstairs and brutally raped by seven men. When the assault was reported to Nicole Eramo, head of UVA’s Sexual Misconduct Board, Coakley alleged Eramo was more interested in protecting the university’s reputation than helping sexual assault survivors.'

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What will happen to Jackie?

I doubt anything.

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Submitted by el cid on Mon, 2016-11-07 20:26

... at the very least, her employability is doubtful.

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Submitted by Matt on Mon, 2016-11-07 22:12

I wonder if her official transcripts will be annotated to include her false accusation of rape. Probably not.

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Submitted by el cid on Tue, 2016-11-08 03:45

I read somewhere that she apparently got married recently, so her husband should pay her way in the future.

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Submitted by mens_issues on Wed, 2016-11-09 01:26

Any man willing to take on that huge of a liability has got to be either stupid or living under a rock.

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Submitted by xtrnl on Wed, 2016-11-09 02:29