Fallout from Rolling Stone feared by advocates for sex assault victims

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'The attention the Rolling Stone article generated has caused some concern among victim advocates.

"Going to the media is not at all easy for victims.... It's not at all something to take lightly," said Sharmili Majmudar, executive director of Rape Victim Advocates, a Chicago-based nonprofit that assists sex assault victims. "There can be fallout when speaking out and this incident has magnified just that."

Majmudar said she is concerned about Jackie -- whose identity was not in the Columbia report -- and women who are in similar situations down the road.

"Sexual violence is something that's real and happens often on college campuses. Survivors must be protected and feel that they can speak out," Majmudar said. "I just, again, fear that the fallout from this could affect future survivors from telling their stories."

Sheila Coronel, a dean of academic affairs at Columbia University, emphasized in comments Monday that the alleged victim is not at all to be blamed.'