She even revealed additional falsehoods by Coakley, such as an invented rumor that a friend of hers had contracted syphilis, reports The Daily Progress. Erdely was the author of the November 2014 article “A Rape on Campus,” which recounted Coakley’s claim that she was savagely gang-raped by seven men at a UVA fraternity during a party. The article sparked a massive wave of outrage, but was quickly retracted after Coakley’s account was exposed as a series of spectacular lies. Now, Rolling Stone is battling a $7.5 million lawsuit by UVA dean Nicole Eramo, who says the magazine defamed her by portraying her as callously indifferent to UVA students who claimed they were raped.

As part of the trial, Erdely was called to testify Thursday. Eramo’s attorney Libby Locke gave Eramo an intense grilling about the most severe mistakes she’d made in her reporting, according to The Daily Progress.

For instance, Erdely admitted that she failed to question any of Coakley’s three friends who allegedly ignored her gang rape because they were worried it would harm their social standing to report it. Even though she had the real name of one of the friends, Erdely didn’t even reach out to her, blaming the failure on simply forgetting to do so. (RELATED: UVA Jackie May Have Been Caught In Another Big Lie)

http://dailycaller.com/2016/10/20/rolling-stone-trial-uva-jackie-invented-rumor-her-friend-had-syphilis

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