Rolling Stone apologizes for its reporting in UVA rape story
'We have come to the conclusion that our trust in [the victim] was misplaced'
Facing increased scrutiny over an article about an alleged gang rape on the campus of the University of Virginia, Rolling Stone has issued a formal apology for its reporting.
In the Nov. 19 article, writer Sabrina Rubin Erdely described the following: the brutal rape of a woman — identified as Jackie — by seven men at a 2012 Phi Kappa Psi fraternity party during an apparent pledge initiation; the university's failure to respond to the alleged attack; and the school's troubled history of handling such cases. As a result of the article, both the university and the Charlottesville, Va., Police Department launched investigations and the fraternity voluntarily suspended its operations.
On Friday, Rolling Stone managing editor Will Dana issued an apology, saying there were "discrepancies" in the woman's account. ...
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