In addition, several windows were broken with bottles and cinder blocks, and police officials said that the group received "disparaging messages" on social media. 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". [60] In the aftermath of the collapse of the story, Dana noted: "Right now, we're picking up the pieces. It features a fictional character named Heather Manning who was based on Jackie. Nor do I think her characterization of my interview was fair. Fraternity Files $25 Million Lawsuit Against Rolling Stone", "Lawsuits Against Rolling Stone Move Forward Despite Objection", Fraternity chapter at U-Va. to settle suit against Rolling Stone for $1.65 million, "Lawsuit over debunked Rolling Stone rape article revived on appeal", "Street Artist Sabo Blasts Lena Dunham, Bill Clinton in Fake Rolling Stone Covers", "RETRACTION by David Gutierrez Opens On Theatre Row", "A lawyer takes to the stage to state his case", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A_Rape_on_Campus&oldid=1133516447, An alleged gang rape at a college fraternity, This page was last edited on 14 January 2023, at 05:19. Another 'Jackie' incident? At any rate, you surely remember. Rolling Stone, its publisher Jann Wenner, and the articles author Sabrina Rubin Erdely, were all found liable for defamationin November 2016. Rolling Stone ran the story anyway, to their journalistic and financial detriment. 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. In today's 24-hour news cycle, we all have a tendency to rush to judgment without having all of the facts in front of us. Minneapolis, MN. On November 19, 2014, Rolling Stone published the now retracted article by Sabrina Erdely titled "A Rape on Campus" about an alleged gang rape of a University of Virginia (UVA) student, Jackie Coakley. 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. 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. "[42] Jackie forwarded messages from "Monahan", and "Monahan" exchanged messages with Jackie's friends, including sending a picture of "himself" directly to Ryan Duffin. Jackie Lynn McGovern. Clearly, Coakley was an emotionally disturbed individual, and many shy away from taking on someone like that even if they did hurt other people (even though we could claim that anyone who commits a heinous crime is also disturbed). "[149], The Washington Post media critic Erik Wemple stated that everyone connected to this story at Rolling Stone should be fired. 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. The fraternity said it would give a significant portion to victims advocacy groups. The magazine set aside or rationalized as unnecessary essential practices of reporting that, if pursued, would likely have led the magazine's editors to reconsider publishing Jackie's narrative so prominently, if at all. 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. In fact, Jackie made him up in an elaborate attempt to win the affections of another student. Get introduced. [134], On January 30, 2015, Teresa Sullivan, the President of the University of Virginia, acknowledged that the Rolling Stone story was "discredited" in her State of the University Address. [128], The Washington Post reported that the members of Phi Kappa Psi "went into hiding for weeks after their home was vandalized with spray paint calling them rapists and bricks that broke their windows", and had to escape to hotels. Jackie requested that her assailants not be contacted, and Rolling Stone agreed. For the first time since 2002, applications to the university dropped. It was absurd. [153] According to Miltenberg, he specializes in "defamation and complex internet and First Amendment issues". Sponsorship and interview inquiries cheerfully welcomed at bsutton@alum.mit.edu. Virginia Attorney-General Mark Herring said he found it "deeply troubling that Rolling Stone magazine is now publicly walking away from its central storyline in its bombshell report on the University of Virginia without correcting what errors its editors believe were made. Join Facebook to connect with Jackie Mcgovern and others you may know. No further messages are exchanged between the two. "[88] Sociology professor W. Bradford Wilcox, meanwhile, tweeted that "I was wrong to give it [the Rolling Stone story] credence. Given the anti-violence, anti-rape climate we are in, it is. The first settlement the magazine had to pay was to former UVA dean Nicole Eramo, who was portrayed as the chief villain in the story and as someone who was callous and indifferent to rape accusations from students. [70], The Washington Post journalist Erik Wemple criticized the story's graphic details of the alleged crime and said that it was hard to believe due to the "diabolical" description. [99], In Erdely's story, the rape was supposed to have occurred during a party at Phi Kappa Psi as part of a pledging ritual. [59][97] At the subsequent trial, one of Jackie's friends the night of the alleged attack testified that their friendships eventually dwindled because of Jackie's "tendency to fabricate things". rape accuser's friends begin to doubt story Washington Times", "Friends' accounts differ significantly from victim in UVA rape story", "Lawyers in Rolling Stone lawsuit acknowledge 'Jackie' has ties to fake persona", "Police find no evidence of alleged sexual assault at U-Va. fraternity, "These Surreal "Catfishing" Texts May Have Prompted The UVA Rape Scandal", "Rolling Stone Article on Rape at University of Virginia Failed All Basics, Report Says", "Rolling Stone Deputy Editor Tendered Resignation; Wenner Declines", "Rolling Stone Tries to Regroup After Campus Rape Article Is Disputed", "Jury finds reporter, Rolling Stone responsible for defaming U-Va. dean with gang rape story", "Statement from Writer of Rolling Stone Article Sabrina Erdely", "Rolling Stone Retracts UVA Fraternity Rape Story, Pundits React US News", "Rolling Stone fails to take full responsibility for its actions", "Major 'failures' found in Rolling Stone's 'A Rape on Campus', "Probe of Now-Discredited Rolling Stone Article Didn't Find Fireable Error", "Rolling Stone magazine "Jackie" recording released", "Hey, Feminist Internet Collective: Good Reporting Does Not Have To Be Sensitive", "Rush After 'A Rape On Campus': A UVA Alum Goes Back to Rugby Road", "Why Didn't Sabrina Rubin Erdely Write about Vanderbilt? Said the filing: "Rolling Stone and Erdely's highly defamatory and false statements about Dean Eramo were not the result of an innocent mistake. [36], 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. "[62], Erdely publicly apologized for the article on April 5, 2015,[63] though her apology did not include any mention of the fraternity, or the members of the fraternity who were accused. They have also lived in Roxbury, MA and Dorchester, MA. Kiss'n Santa by Jacki McGovern. The Daily Caller | 1775 Eye Street NW | Suite 1150-290 | Washington, DC 20006, the possession of Virginia news outlet WTVR News, a month-long correspondence between Duffin and Monahan,, At one point, Monahan claims that Coakley suffers from lupus and is frequently hospitalized, which is how he claimed to have met her. Erdely has not written anything since and appears to still be underground. So it took me a day or two to admit that I found many of Erdely's details unrecognizable. Charlottesville Police officially suspended their four-month investigation on March 23, 2015, based on lack of credible evidence. Duffin consistently funnels information about Monahan to Jackie, who in turn acts as though she is disturbed and put off by Monahans romantic interest. 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! . Although the discussion was lengthy, the reporter elected not to include any of the information from the interview in her article. Used To Live In. [116] The report also states that the article misled readers with quotes where attribution was unclear and used pseudonyms inappropriately as a way to address these shortcomings. 2023 The Federalist, A wholly independent division of FDRLST Media. [38], The two friends confirmed to the Post that they remembered meeting Jackie on the night of the incident, that she was distraught but not visibly injured or bloodied, and that details she provided then were different from those in the Rolling Stone article. The fact that Jackie had a romantic interest in Randall was also noted by other news media. Jackie Coakley can't hide her secrets any longer. President: School to Be National Leader on Campus Safety", "UVA Applications Drop in Wake of Discredited Gang-Rape Story Bloomberg Business", "Party Ban Is Patronizing, U.Va. In January, Eramos lawyers successfully forced Coakley to turn over text messages, emails and other communications pertaining to the case. [64] The Columbia Journalism Review called the apology "a grudging act of contrition". [94], On December 10, 2014, The Washington Post published an updated account of its inquiry into the Rolling Stone article. Columbia published Groves' letter, where he contrasts video[132] of his statements to the University of Virginia Board of Visitors in September 2014 with the text of Erdely's published article, which differ significantly,[citation needed] and concludes that Erdely's article contains "bias and malice". Duffin: And its coming off as creepy. Many in the media were quick to link that story to stories about my husband until that story unwound. Jackie's friends Cindy, Andy, and Randall had become suspicious as to whether Jackie's date to the fraternity party where she was allegedly raped was a real person. I offer our community's genuine gratitude for their devotion and perseverance in their service. Contact Jackie directly. Jacqueline Rose McGovern Jackie Rose Coakley Jacqueline R Coakley Jackie R Coakley. Its been over a year sinceRolling Stones big story on an alleged gang rape at the University of Virginia was exposed as a hoax, but the public has long lacked specific details about how UVA student Jackie Coakley concocted her wildly false story. 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. [130], One month after the publication of the Rolling Stone article, the Rector of the University of Virginia, George Keith Martin, accused the magazine of "drive-by journalism" when he stated, "Like a neighborhood thrown into chaos by drive-by violence, our tightly knit community has experienced the full fury of drive-by journalism in the 21st century. The withheld evidence offers strong evidence of what has long been suspected: That . After both the Charlottesville Police press conference and Columbia University's investigative report, UVA President Teresa Sullivan released the following statement: Rolling Stone's story, 'A Rape on Campus', did nothing to combat sexual violence, and it damaged serious efforts to address the issue. "[26] Four participants who were sitting on the steps to the Phi Kappa Psi house were arrested on trespassing charges for refusing to move when police officers asked them to leave. 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