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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsU-Va. dean sues Rolling Stone for ‘false’ portrayal in retracted rape story
U-Va. dean sues Rolling Stone for false portrayal in retracted rape story
A University of Virginia associate dean of students filed a multi-million dollar defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone on Tuesday, alleging that the magazine portrayed her as callous and indifferent to allegations of sexual assault on campus and made her the universitys chief villain in a now-debunked story about a fraternity gang rape.
Nicole Eramo is seeking more than $7.5 million in damages from Rolling Stone, its parent company Wenner Media and Sabrina Rubin Erdely, the investigative journalist who wrote the explosive account of sexual assault on the campus in Charlottesville, Va. The magazine retracted the story after news organizations and the Columbia University journalism school found serious flaws in it.
Eramo, who is the universitys chief administrator dealing with sexual assaults, argues in the lawsuit that the story destroyed her credibility, permanently damaged her reputation and caused her emotional distress. She assailed the account as containing numerous falsehoods that the magazine could have avoided if it had worked to verify the story of its main character, a student named Jackie who alleged she was gang raped in 2012 and that the university mishandled her case.
Rolling Stone and Erdelys highly defamatory and false statements about Dean Eramo were not the result of an innocent mistake, according to the lawsuit, which was filed in Charlottesville Circuit Court. 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.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/u-va-dean-sues-rolling-stone-for-false-portrayal-in-retracted-rape-story/2015/05/12/2128a84a-f862-11e4-a13c-193b1241d51a_story.html
A University of Virginia associate dean of students filed a multi-million dollar defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone on Tuesday, alleging that the magazine portrayed her as callous and indifferent to allegations of sexual assault on campus and made her the universitys chief villain in a now-debunked story about a fraternity gang rape.
Nicole Eramo is seeking more than $7.5 million in damages from Rolling Stone, its parent company Wenner Media and Sabrina Rubin Erdely, the investigative journalist who wrote the explosive account of sexual assault on the campus in Charlottesville, Va. The magazine retracted the story after news organizations and the Columbia University journalism school found serious flaws in it.
Eramo, who is the universitys chief administrator dealing with sexual assaults, argues in the lawsuit that the story destroyed her credibility, permanently damaged her reputation and caused her emotional distress. She assailed the account as containing numerous falsehoods that the magazine could have avoided if it had worked to verify the story of its main character, a student named Jackie who alleged she was gang raped in 2012 and that the university mishandled her case.
Rolling Stone and Erdelys highly defamatory and false statements about Dean Eramo were not the result of an innocent mistake, according to the lawsuit, which was filed in Charlottesville Circuit Court. 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.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/u-va-dean-sues-rolling-stone-for-false-portrayal-in-retracted-rape-story/2015/05/12/2128a84a-f862-11e4-a13c-193b1241d51a_story.html
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U-Va. dean sues Rolling Stone for ‘false’ portrayal in retracted rape story (Original Post)
tammywammy
May 2015
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Dr. Strange
(25,922 posts)1. What the hell is up with that photoshop?
Who at Rolling Stone thought this was appropriate?
Seeking Serenity
(2,840 posts)2. I read that entire complaint
207 factual allegations before she gets to her causes of action.
And yes, that graphic artwork was atrocious. You need to see the whole thing, not just the cutout the WaPo used for its artwork.
NaturalHigh
(12,778 posts)4. The Rolling Sone story didn't come close t qualifying as journalism.
It was barely one step above the tabloid "Alien Eats Baby!" articles.
tammywammy
(26,582 posts)3. kick
Initech
(100,100 posts)5. Rolling Stone fucked up big time with this one.
tammywammy
(26,582 posts)6. Agreed.
I doubt this makes it to the courtroom, they'll settle.