Our view: What police didn't say in the UVa rape report

Article here. Excerpt:

'The bottom line: There’s no evidence the assailant “Jackie” named to friends actually exists, no evidence a party was held at the fraternity that night and, of course, no evidence the alleged gang rape happened.

Furthermore, “Jackie’s” veracity was called into a question on an unrelated matter. In April 2014, “Jackie” told university officials she had been attacked on a Charlottesville street, struck in the face with a glass bottle and that her roommate picked out the shards. However, that roommate told police she did no such thing. “Jackie” also said she called her mother that night. Police say phone records show no such call.

There’s one sure conclusion to be drawn from this: Rolling Stone got snookered by a story that seemed too good to be true for its purposes. If the pop culture magazine had bothered to do some of the serious reporting that The Washington Post, in particular, did, this whole ugly situation could have been avoided.

Instead, the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity feels it’s been defamed, as does, to some extent, all of the University of Virginia. The real victims here, though, are all the future sexual assault victims who will have to carry the burden of having to prove they’re not another “Jackie” making things up just to get attention.'