[18][40][41] Sandra Menendez, a student who claimed to have been interviewed by Erdely but who was not directly quoted in the article, told CNN that she and others became uncomfortable after speaking with Erdely, concluding she had "an agenda". "[17] 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. In 2014, the magazine published an article filled with allegations from student Jackie Coakley, who at the time attended the University of Virginia, claiming Coakley had been gang-raped by seven men at a fraternity party. The Columbia Journalism Review called the story "this year's media-fail sweepstakes" and the Poynter Institute named it as the "Error of the Year" in journalism. I have argued in these pages that the FBI needs to go hard against the Clinton Foundation for just that reason, lest the next powerful person or couple use a phony-baloney charitable entity to disguise an influence-peddling scam. We dont know where, Like what you read here? Jackie Coakley: Accuser At Center Of False 'Rolling Stone' Rape Story So where is good old Jackie Coakley these days? In an interview with The New York Times, he called her, "a really expert fabulist storyteller", and added, "obviously there is something here that is untruthful, and something sits at her doorstep. [27] A student quoted in The Daily Progress said that men at a nearby bar were "quick to yell 'insults and slurs' at the protesters as they walked by". She said her initial reaction was surprise and "a certain air of disbelief" because during her 44-minute interview for the story, Erdely never brought up Jackie or asked about any of the allegations made in the article. Former student faces six years in prison for falsely reporting rape [32][33] Erdely defended her decision not to interview the accused by saying that the contact page on the fraternity's website "was pretty outdated". You all know where she is. At the party, Jackie alleged in the article, her date led her to a bedroom where she was gang raped by several fraternity members as part of a fraternity initiation ritual. 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That's terrible for journalism", "Should there have been firings at Rolling Stone? A woman named Jackie Coakley (now McGovern), who was a student at UVa at the time, had an issue with a boy who was not paying her enough attention, or didn't see her as a romantic interest, or something like that. [28], 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. Writing in Slate, Hannah Rosin described the new The Washington Post investigation as close "to calling the UVA gang rape story a fabrication". "[145], The North American Interfraternity Conference and the National Panhellenic Council, meanwhile, announced that they had retained the services of Squire Patton Boggs to lobby the U.S. Congress to take action to ensure that Greek-letter organizations are protected from future accusations of the kind leveled in Erdely's article. Given the anti-violence, anti-rape climate we are in, it is. I believed it to be true at the time. [156], Additionally, the Poynter Institute named the story as the "Error of the Year" in journalism. that equally phony-baloney accusers like Jackie Coakley McGovern are hauled into court and toted off to prison, lest rape accusations equate to a cry of "Wolf! [169], A further lawsuit by a number of members of the fraternity was greenlighted by a court of appeals on September 19, 2017, after originally being dismissed by a lower court in June 2016. [117], The report concluded, "Rolling Stone's repudiation of the main narrative in "A Rape on Campus" is a story of journalistic failure that was avoidable. . Prior to the date, they attempted to locate him in a student directory and were unable to find evidence that he existed. A woman named Jackie Coakley (now McGovern), who was a student at UVa at the time, had an issue with a boy who was not paying her enough attention, or didn't see her as a romantic interest, or something like that. 'Not An Employee': Hospital Blows Holes In Rolling Stone Story 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. It features a fictional character named Heather Manning who was based on Jackie. She is immediately tackled by one of the eight men waiting in the pitch darkness. Well, she is married and is now "Jackie McGovern", living her life, la-la-la, scot-free. The media should publish the name of the UVA rape hoax girl, Jackie UVA Jackie May Have Just Been Caught In Another Big Lie [46] Slate reported that the Post account strongly implied Jackie's tale of rape had been fabricated in an attempt to win over "Randall", who had previously rebuffed her romantic advances. "[74][75] Lauren Kling of the Poynter Institute criticized Rolling Stone for "blaming [the] source" instead of taking ownership of their own errors. This isn't the first time Rolling Stone has published provably false stories. "Drew" gives "instruction and encouragement" to the seven rapists. [168] On June 13, 2017, the lawsuit was settled for $1.65 million. Where are the Feds?There is certainly a good argument to make that it is often necessary to prosecute as a deterrent to the next person willing to try the same felonious act. Why no Honor Code trial of Jackie Coakley in her Haven Monahan hoax to see all of them, at. [113] The Columbia Journalism Review called the story "this year's media-fail sweepstakes". "[27] "[172], Law & Order: SVU featured an episode titled "Devastating Story" in its 16th season whose plot was based on the UVA case. However overall applications were down 0.7 percent to 31,107 in the aftermath of the publication. Author Of Rolling Stone's Made Up UVA Rape Story Still Somehow Thinks . REPORT: According to Got News, Jackie Coakley has misled several students at her high school and college about her sexual history, suggesting she may have completely fabricated rape stories and sexual abuse within her past relationships with men. In September 2013, Eramo connected Jackie with Emily Renda, a UVA staff member, recent graduate and leader in the college's sexual assault support group One Less. A former student who graduated in 2013 said "the day [the article] came out was the most emotionally grueling of my life. 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. There is certainly a good argument to make that it is often necessary to prosecute as a deterrent to the next person willing to try the same felonious act. According to Charlottesville Police Capt. [68], On October 24, 2016, in a video deposition, Jackie said, "I stand by the account I gave Rolling Stone. [160] However, on April 2, 2016, the judge denied the motions and ordered Jackie to appear for a deposition on April 6, to be held at a secret location. [49][50] After initially refusing to answer whether Jackie had access to or created the Haven Monahan email account, on May 31, 2016, Jackie's law firm filed court papers acknowledging they had recently accessed "Haven Monahan's" e-mail account for the purpose "of confirming that documents Eramo requested for the lawsuit were no longer in Jackie's possession. In Erdely's story, Jackie tells her three friends the night of the alleged event that she was raped by seven men over a three-hour period while rolling on a mat of broken glass. washingtonexaminer.com 'Jackie' of retracted Rolling Stone story says PTSD fogged memory [163] On November 7, 2016, the jury decided that Rolling Stone and Erdely were liable for $3 million in damages to Eramo. On November 19, 2014, Rolling Stone published the now retracted article by Sabrina Erdely titled "A Rape on Campus" about an alleged gang rape of a University of Virginia (UVA) student, Jackie Coakley. [12] In light of the findings, Erik Wemple of The Washington Post pronounced the story "a complete crock". [33][72][73] 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. The Great University of Virginia (UVA) Rape Hoax, Jackie Coakley The Charlottesville Police Department investigation confirms that far from being callous, our staff members are diligent and devoted in supporting and caring for students. Jun 8, 2013 Jackie Coakley and Howard E. Andrews were married April 13 in Phillips Chapel Church at Jimtown with the Rev. No one says 'UVrApe'; no one I know has ever heard the Rugby Road-themed 'traditional fight song' that poetically ('fuck for 50 cents'/'panties on the fence') separated the article's sections Jackie was lying, and railroaded into the spotlight on a story that now appears to be a PTSD-laced delusional flashback. On March 23, 2015, police noted that Jackie refused to cooperate with law enforcement during the investigation. "[84], After two Vanderbilt University football players were convicted of rape on January 27, 2015, Richard Bradley, who was the first mainstream journalist to question the Rolling Stone story, wrote a blogpost titled "Why Didn't Sabrina Rubin Erdely Write about Vanderbilt?" [19] Two years later, in search of a college student to feature in a story about sexual assaults that occur at a prestigious university, Erdely interviewed Renda, who suggested Jackie for the story and made the introduction. You Can Finally Read UVA Jackie's Bizarre Catfishing Texts Players in baseball's segregation-era Negro Leagues unite to keep the [142] Froma Harrop issued a call for media outlets to begin to publicly name rape accusers, explaining that "reporters and editors should expand their sensitivities to include the reputations of those accused, not always justly". When you walk in, the line to order is directly in front of you, with the cash registers just ahead and off to the right. 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. "[120], In response to these statements, Megan McArdle wrote in Bloomberg View, "Rolling Stone can't even apologize right. Sabrina Erdely would also continue to write for Rolling Stone. Later media analysis of photos Jackie showed her friends of her date demonstrated that they were pictures taken from the public social media profile of a former high-school classmate of Jackie, who was not a student of the University of Virginia, did not live in the Charlottesville area, and was out of state at an athletic competition the day of the alleged attack. [1][5] The article claimed that a UVA student Jackie Coakley had been taken to a party hosted by UVA's Phi Kappa Psi fraternity by a fellow student. 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. Recalling his experience with Stephen Glass before he was exposed for journalism fraud, Bradley argued the article relied heavily on confirmation bias. [92] On December 8, the University of Virginia restated their original decision that the suspensions would be lifted on the resumption of classes in the new term, on January 9. She began by elaborately concocting electronic evidence for a dream date suitor she called Haven Monahan to entrap a freshman boy named Ryan in a unwanted romantic relationship. "[116] They said that no pledges were resident in the fraternity at the time Erdely claimed. [44] However, media investigations have determined that no student named "Haven Monahan" has attended the University of Virginia;[45] the portrait of "Haven Monahan" is an image of a classmate of Jackie's in high school, who has never attended the University of Virginia;[46] the three telephone numbers through which "Haven Monahan" contacted Jackie's friends are registered "internet telephone numbers" that "enable the user to make calls or send SMS text messages to telephones from a computer or iPad while creating the appearance that they are coming from a real phone"[47] and love letters written by Jackie and forwarded by "Haven Monahan" to Ryan Duffin are largely plagiarized from scripts of the TV series Dawson's Creek and Scrubs. [134] Erdely furthermore reported that Office for Civil Rights Assistant Secretary Catherine E. Lhamon called Grove's statements at the meeting "deliberate and irresponsible". At the end of the day, UVA's incredible story fit Erdely's narrative better than Vanderbilt's credible one. 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. Very little. At any rate, you surely remember. [34] The Washington Post media critic Erik Wemple rejected Erdely's statement, saying that the severity of the accusations she was reporting required "every possible step to reach out and interview them, including e-mails, phone calls, certified letters, FedEx letters, UPS letters and, if all of that fails, a knock on the door. Still Waiting for "Jackie's" Prosecution - by Robert Sutton There's a new piece (usually three) from Bob every weekday here on Substack. 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Phi Psi members speak about impact of discredited gang rape allegations", "Rolling Stone apologises for Virginia rape story", "U-Va. board leader denounces 'drive-by journalism' of Rolling Stone's rape article", "Dean Coll and Dean Coronel Ltr from AW Groves March 6, 2015-2.pdf", "Here Are Some Big Things The Rolling Stone Story About Rape At UVA Got Right", "Prepared Remarks for Presidential Address on the University", "U.Va. So it took me a day or two to admit that I found many of Erdely's details unrecognizable. The media commentators noted that the claims of a rape culture's existence on campuses was not supported by U.S. government statistics or other measures. Rolling Stone retracted the story in its entirety on April 5, 2015. They were the result of a wanton journalist who was more concerned with writing an article that fulfilled her preconceived narrative about the victimization of women on American college campuses, and a malicious publisher who was more concerned about selling magazines to boost the economic bottom line for its faltering magazine, than they were about discovering the truth or actual facts. Subscribe please (its cheap!) "[29], Richard Bradley, editor-in-chief of Worth magazine, was among the first mainstream journalists to question the Rolling Stone article, in a blog entry written on November 24, 2014. [66], Spokesmen for both Wenner[67] and Dana said that Erdely would continue to write articles for Rolling Stone. 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. "[126][127], Phi Kappa Psi's national headquarters released the following statement: "That Rolling Stone sought to turn fiction into fact is shamefulThe discredited article has done significant damage to the ability of the chapter's members to succeed in their educational pursuits and besmirched the character of undergraduate students at the University of Virginia who did not deserve the spotlight of the media." "[108], Over the course of 4 months, the Charlottesville Police spoke to 70 people, including Jackie's friends, Phi Kappa Psi fraternity brothers, and employees at the UVA Aquatic Center, where Jackie worked. [166][167] In September 2016, the magazine sought to have the lawsuit dismissed; however, a circuit court judge ruled that the suit could proceed. This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. [6][7] In a deposition given in 2016, Jackie stated that she believed her story at the time. He also faulted Erdely for not interviewing Jackie's alleged assailants or the three friends who tried to dissuade her from going to the police. The woman, called "Jackie" in the article, cited PTSD as the cause for not remembering details of her assault, which was described as a gang rape in the article by Sabrina Erdely. Emails filed in federal court on Friday show that the Rolling Stone reporter who wrote a now-debunked article about a gang rape at the University of Virginia told colleagues that "our worst nightmare" became a reality after she realized the main source for the story was lying. A few days later, hundreds of people participated in a protest and march organized by UVA faculty as "part of a series of responses to the recently published Rolling Stone article". [60] Wenner laid blame for the magazine's failures on Jackie. Sponsorship and interview inquiries cheerfully welcomed at bsutton@alum.mit.edu. Haven claims he doesn't know. Many in the media were quick to link that story to stories about my husband until that story unwound. She said: "I think we've gone backwards 30 years. Everything We Know About the UVA Rape Case [Updated] - Intelligencer The poster featured an image of Lena Dunham, whose own allegations of rape had recently come under scrutiny, and included a sidebar reference to "A Rape on Campus" that read "Our UVA Rape Apology: Ooops, we did it AGAIN!!! And in this case, our judgement was wrong. [152][153] ABC News has reported that the accuser, Jackie, herself might be sued. UVA Dean Defamed In Rolling Stone Article Takes On NOW [147][148][149] Harvey A. Silverglate in The Boston Globe referenced the Rolling Stone article in opining that the college sexual assault "scare" follows a long tradition of runaway, exaggerated social epidemics that "have ruined innocent lives and corrupted justice. In her remarks, she said, "Before the Rolling Stone story was discredited, it seemed to resonate with some people simply because it confirmed their darkest suspicions about universitiesthat administrations are corrupt; that today's students are reckless and irresponsible; that fraternities are hot-beds of deviant behavior. Journalist publishes alleged name and photo of UVA rape victim "[40] In the aftermath, Jackie was characterized as "a really expert fabulist storyteller" by Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner in an April 5, 2015 interview. Rolling Stone Sued by Fraternity Named in Fake UVA Rape Story [37], 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. The Washington Times determined "Drew"'s "telephone" and "Blackberry" numbers were in fact "Internet phone numbers that enable the user to make calls or send SMS text messages to telephones from a computer or iPad while creating the appearance that they are coming from a real phone". Obviously, they're older now and we are doing an . How honest are the intentions of Cosby's accusers? Erdely wanted to tell the story of a campus body and university administration behaving indifferently to an unspeakable crime. Gary Pleasants, Phi Kappa Psi has been cleared; "We found no basis to believe that an incident occurred at that fraternity, so there's no reason to keep them suspended. Tim Coakley Jazz Show; Vox Pop; . [112] The Columbia report stated that "At Rolling Stone, every story is assigned to a fact-checker. [42], The article uses the pseudonym "Drew" to refer to a third-year student at the University of Virginia who takes Jackie to the fraternity party where the alleged rape takes place. Jim Murphy officiating. At the chapter house party, Jackie alleged in the article, her date led her to a bedroom where she was gang raped by several fraternity members as part of their initiation ritual. The story was heart-breaking, but ultimately appears to be proved untrue. Wenner, who was reportedly "furious" at Erdely's story, declined to accept the resignation. What distinguished the UVA story from anything else ever reported was that the assault did not involve drugs or alcohol, required elaborate planning, and involved so many people that the perps could not have reasonably expected to get away with ita confluence of factors that caused the allegations to have substantially more in common with ones that ultimately proved to be false, like the Duke lacrosse case and Tawana Brawley incident. The collateral damage included a UVa dean, as well as the entire Greek system there and, well, no one thinks a lot of Teresa Sullivan anymore either. Police later. "[69][70] Around the same time, WCAV of Charlottesville, Virginia, published the audio of Jackie's 2014 statements to Erdely. In fact, her failure to speak to the three friends in whom Jackie supposedly confided immediately after the alleged incident was perhaps the most egregious of a string of journalistic failures. [61] In the aftermath of the collapse of the story, Dana noted: "Right now, we're picking up the pieces. [40] [154] According to Miltenberg, he specializes in "defamation and complex internet and First Amendment issues". In May 2014, with Drew about to graduate, she still didn't feel ready to file a complaint . "[130] Phi Kappa Psi members received death threats and the president of the university postponed all events related to its fraternities and sororities until mid-January 2015. [57] A subsequent tweet sent by Rolling Stone managing editor Will Dana offered further comment on Erdely's story: "[W]e made a judgementthe kind of judgement reporters and editors make every day. Jackie's penchant for crying wolf is also evident. 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. . [164] The lawsuit was settled on April 11, 2017. [140], 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,[141] and ultimately did not pass in that congressional session. "A Rape on Campus" is a retracted, defamatory Rolling Stone magazine article[2][3][4] written by Sabrina Erdely and originally published on November 19, 2014, that describes a purported group sexual assault at the University of Virginia (UVA) in Charlottesville, Virginia. [95] The accuser told the Post that she had felt "manipulated" by Erdely, and claimed she asked Erdely not to quote her in the article, a request the journalist denied. New evidence submitted in an ongoing lawsuit against Rolling Stone suggest that the legal team of Jackie Coakley, the University of Virginia (UVA) student responsible for a massive gang rape hoax, has been withholding evidence from an ongoing lawsuit. A Rape Hoax for Book Lovers - Taki's Magazine 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. After other journalists investigated the article's claims and found significant discrepancies, Rolling Stone issued multiple apologies for the story. He also explained that experienced reporters often work only with women who feel strong enough to deal with the due diligence required to bring the article to publication. The Lies of UVA's Jackie: Read All the Catfishing Texts She Sent Her Crush Search Results Jackie Coakley A hand covers her mouth. ", "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? The fact that Jackie had a romantic interest in Randall was also noted by other news media. As a result, our fraternity was vandalized, our members ostracized based on false information. Police said that three months after reporting she was raped by two football players in a bathroom at a party, she admitted to the same motivation that drove Jackie. The collateral damage included a UVa dean, as well as the entire Greek system there and, well, no one thinks a lot of Teresa Sullivan anymore either. [173], In May 2022, an off-Broadway play adapted from the UVA case and resulting legal battles titled Retraction premiered in New York City at Theatre Four at Theatre Row. [114][115], The fact-checker concluded that Ryan "Randall" under pseudonym had not been interviewed, but that the article had pretended he had been. Prior to the publication of the story, early-action applications were up 7.5 percent with 16,187 applicants. 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. I used to not think this way ~8 years ago, but there have just been too . After leaving the party around 3 a.m., allegedly with bruises and blood stained clothes, Jackie called her three best friends, "Andy", "Randall" and "Cindy", for support. "[80] An editorial in the Boston Herald declared: "a fifth-grader would've done some basic fact-checking before potentially ruining men's lives" before repeating the call for the firing of Rolling Stone staff involved in the story. [citation needed]. According to Goldberg, "It is an account of a sober, well-planned gang rape by seven fraternity pledges at the direction of two members. But as Smerconish wrote, "[S]he did not talk to all of Jackie's friends.
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