University of Virginia’s Phi Kappa Psi alleges ‘avalanche of condemnation’Lawsuit filed against magazine and article’s authorThe fraternity that was the focus of a debunked Rolling Stone article approximately a gang rape filed a $25m lawsuit against the magazine Monday,saying the piece made the frat and its members “the object of an avalanche of condemnation worldwide”.
The complaint, filed in Charlottesville circuit court, or also names Sabrina Rubin Erdely as a defendant. It is the third filed in response to the November 2014 article entitled “A Rape on Campus: A Brutal Assault and Struggle for Justice at UVA”. Three individual fraternity members and recent graduates are suing for at least $225000 each,and a university associate dean who claims she was portrayed as the “chief villain” is suing the magazine for more than $7.5m.
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Source: theguardian.com