AFTER SETTLEMENT With UVA Fraternity, The Rolling Stone Rape Hoax Saga Is Over
More than three years after Rolling Stone published the most significant false accusation of rape since the Duke Lacrosse hoax, the saga is officially over for the magazine. The magazine reached a final settlement in late December with the members of the fraternity that were falsely maligned in the story. The details have not been disclosed, but at least two members of the fraternity will be the beneficiary of the settlement. Those who were wronged by the article have received compensation for their suffering, but only Rolling Stone has been punished for its role in the fake story. The magazine itself was punished with a blow to its credibility and the settlements. But, just as in the Duke Lacrosse case, many of the people who enabled the false accusation and unfairly deemed the fraternity as guilty from the start were unharmed by the article.
thefederalist.com By Ashe Schow
