But while we're all getting ourselves whipped into a frenzy over frat boys, what do you think of this Elfie? I thought women never lie about rape, or at least that's what we're constantly told...
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CHARLOTTESVILLE — There is no evidence to support claims in a Rolling Stone article that a University of Virginia student was gang-raped at a campus fraternity in September 2012, police said, noting that a five-month investigation led detectives to discredit numerous claims about the alleged assault.
Police Chief Timothy J. Longo said Monday that the police department had multiple meetings with “Jackie” — the woman who said she was gang-raped at a fraternity party — and that she declined to speak about the alleged incident or provide any information about it. Detectives determined that the fraternity did not host a party the night of the alleged attack, and police said they did not find anyone matching the description of the alleged attackers.
“We’re not able to conclude to any substantive degree that an incident occurred at the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house or any other fraternity house, for that matter,” Longo said at a news conference. “That doesn’t mean something terrible didn’t happen to Jackie. . . . We’re just not able to gather sufficient facts to determine what that is.”
The investigation was spurred by allegations of a brutal fraternity house gang rape described in a 9,000-word magazine account that went viral online in November. The Rolling Stone report unraveled under scrutiny, as the accuser’s version of events was publicly challenged by her friends, members of the fraternity and sexual assault advocates on campus. After Washington Post reports revealed flaws in the account, Rolling Stone’s editors backed away from it.
Longo’s statement was the first official discrediting of the magazine’s account, but he said he would keep the investigation open for witnesses who might want to come forward with information about an attack.
“Chief Longo’s report underscores what I have known since well before the publication of the Rolling Stone article: that we at the University are committed to ensuring the health and safety of all of our students,” U-Va. President Teresa Sullivan said in a statement.
The Rolling Stone article examined allegations of sexual assault at U-Va. and what it characterized as the administration’s apparent lackluster response. The article fueled a national debate about the prevalence of sexual violence on college campuses. The story focused on Jackie, a junior who told the pop culture magazine that she was attacked by seven men while two others watched during a party at the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house in 2012 after she went on a date with one of the men.
The magazine account roiled the college campus and set off protests, vandalism at the fraternity house and self-reflection. U-Va. administrators responded to the explosive article by suspending the university’s Greek system until early January and held a number of events to promote awareness on campus about sexual assault and student safety.
In a Monday statement, Phi Kappa Psi officials said that they cooperated with the police investigation and that the fraternity is exploring legal options against Rolling Stone.
“These false accusations have been extremely damaging to our entire organization, but we can only begin to imagine the setback this must have dealt to survivors of sexual assault,” Stephen Scipione, U-Va. chapter president, said in the statement. “We hope that Rolling Stone’s actions do not discourage any survivors from coming forward to seek the justice they deserve.”
