Jackie says she was violently raped by multiple men in an attack that
seemed like some sort of fraternity initiation. Faced with allegations
like that, you would think that the university would call the police, or
at least investigate the allegations internally, but they didn’t.
Instead, the decision was left to Jackie, as per school policy. At the
time, Jackie was battling severe depression and facing intense social
pressure to forget the whole thing. So, nothing happened. The story doesn’t say whether Jackie ever told Ms. Erdely the names of
the men who allegedly raped her, and Ms. Erdely has refused to answer
the question in interviews. I emailed her for clarification on Tuesday
afternoon, and instead of answering my questions, she referred me to the
magazine’s publicist, who sent me a prepared statement reaffirming that
Rolling Stone finds Jackie credible.
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