November 4, 2016

Reporter, Publication Held Liable In Rolling Stone Rape Story Lawsuit: The reporter was found liable with malice on six claims.

"A federal jury on Friday found Rolling Stone magazine liable of defaming a University of Virginia administrator by publishing a story it later retracted about an alleged gang rape at the school.
The decision followed a three-week trial in U.S. District Court in Charlottesville, Virginia, where the administrator, Nicole Eramo, sued the magazine, owner Wenner Media and reporter Sabrina Erdely for $7.9 million. The jury returns on Monday to determine damages in the case.
Erdely was found liable of actual malice, a key element in libel law, in six statements in the November 2014 story, â€œA Rape on Campus.â€ Rolling Stone and Wenner Media were each found liable of actual malice in three statements, according to court documents."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/reporter-publication-held-liable-in-rolling-stone-rape-story-lawsuit_us_581ccbc4e4b0e80b02c9b463

Subject	Interviewing in journalism Rape--Law and legislation Mass media
Creator	Reporting by Ian Simpson; Editing by Scott Malone, Mary Milliken and Leslie Adler
Source	Huffington Post
Date	2016-11-04

Tags	national media
Date Added	November 23, 2016
Date Modifed	November 23, 2016
Collection	Rolling Stone article 11/19/2014, "A Rape on Campus"

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