Judge Dismisses Defamation Suit Against Rolling Stone by UVA Fraternity Brothers
LatestA federal judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed against Rolling Stone by three members of Phi Kappa Psi, the fraternity implicated in the debunked and retracted gang rape story published by the magazine in November 2014. The judge ruled that while the story might have portrayed the fraternity in a negative light, it didn’t specifically defame the plaintiffs.
George Elias IV, Stephen Hadford and Ross Fowler filed suit against the magazine and reporter Sabrina Rubin Erdely in July of last year, saying she had defamed them by implying that they’d taken part in the gang rape of “Jackie,” because they’d lived in the house at the right time and had since graduated, as Rubin Erdely claimed Jackie’s attackers had.