The story created an uproar at the school and prompted
renewed U.S. debate on sexual abuse. The fraternity, Phi Kappa
Psi, rebutted key parts of the Rolling Stone story on Friday,
after which the magazine then issued a note to readers saying
its trust in the accuser had been misplaced.
In its revised letter signed by managing editor Will Dana over
the weekend, the magazine deleted the reference to its trust in
the woman, named only as Jackie, saying "These mistakes are on
Rolling Stone, not on Jackie.
"We apologize to anyone who was affected by the story and we
will continue to investigate the events," the letter added.
The original story by reporter Sabrina Rubin Erdely described a
2012 alleged attack on the woman at the fraternity house pledge
party and the university's alleged failure to respond to the
attack.
"We should have worked harder to convince her that the truth
would have been better served by getting the other side of the
story," the magazine, founded by Jann Wenner in 1967, said,
noting that it was wrong to have honored the woman's request not
to contact the alleged assaulters to get their account.
The letter, posted on Rolling Stone's web site, maintained that
there "appear to be discrepancies in Jackie's account" of the
events, and that the woman herself "is now unsure if the man she
says lured her into the room where the rape occurred, identified
in the story, as 'Drew,' was a Phi Psi brother."
(Reporting by Chris Michaud)
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