A federal jury has found that Rolling Stone magazine and writer Sabrina Erdely defamed a former University of Virginia associate dean in a since-retracted story about campus rape.
It took the jury three days of deliberations to decide that Erdely should be liable for defamation, with actual malice, for her “A Rape on Campus” feature story, which has since been discredited.
Rolling Stone magazine and Wenner Media are also responsible for defaming former UVA associate dean Nicole Eramo, jurors decided.
Eramo sued the three defendants for $7.5 million, claiming the 9,000-word article, which was published in November 2014, painted her as being indifferent to gang rape allegations made by a student identified only as “Jackie.”
She smiled tightly with tears in her eyes as the verdict was read.
In the next phase of the trial, the jury will be asked to determine damages.
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JUST IN: A federal jury has found Rolling Stone & writer Sabrina Erdely liable in a $7.5 million defamation lawsuit https://t.co/pIsfTO6hfo
— New York Post (@nypost) November 4, 2016
sorry for previous wrong link, here’s Rolling Stone’s statement on today’s verdict: pic.twitter.com/NVgmVXWwnI
— Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) November 4, 2016
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