These are pictures of part of the court document filed by Ms. Erdely in support of Rolling Stone's request for summary judgement of Dean Eramo's lawsuit. The text of the document was provided by the Washington Post, as part of Mr. Shapiro's July 3, 2016 article, called "In her own words: Rolling Stone's Sabrina Rubin Erdely on experience with 'Jackie'":
These are pictures of part of Mr. Shapiro's July 2, 2016 article, "'Our worst nightmare': New legal filings detail reporting of Rolling Stone's U-Va. gang-rape story." They are pictures of Mr. Shapiro's description of Ms. Renda's correspondence with Ms. Erdely about those other two victims of gang rape at the Phi Kappa Psi house who had approached Jackie to tell her what had happened to them:
It was Dean Eramo, and at least two other administrators, who were telling Emily Renda what to say to Ms. Erdely about not printing the name of Phi Kappa Psi. They were aware that Ms. Renda was talking to Ms. Erdely, a Rolling Stone reporter, who was writing an article about sexual assault at colleges and universities. They were aware that the University of Virginia was also being investigated by the federal government for its failures to prevent sexual assault from being committed against its students and for its failures to punish student rapists.
What if it wasn't the University of Virginia that told Dean Eramo that she couldn't talk to Rolling Stone? What if she was terrified of talking to Ms. Erdely, because she knew how bad the sexual assault situation at the University of Virginia is, and so she told the school that she didn't want to do the interview and the school cancelled it for her? Dean Eramo could not have spoken truthfully and accurately about the sexual assault situation at the University of Virginia without being fired, probably, and I'm sure that she did not want to have to lie to Ms. Erdely during an interview and tell her that things at the University of Virginia aren't that bad. She and every other administrator at the University of Virginia were probably also terrified of being sued by Phi Kappa Psi and the parents of the male students whom they knew to be rapists. The University of Virginia also knew that cooperating with an investigation by Rolling Stone which produced an article for which Phi Kappa Psi would be investigated by police and possibly sued by victims would lead not only to Phi Kappa Psi's rage but also to rage from other fraternities and other wealthy and powerful alumni.
The University of Virginia did not want to get sued, and did not want to lose money from alumni. It is much more afraid of the Greek system and its alumni than it is of the federal government, and I wouldn't be surprised if that's because the federal government is full of fraternity members and the alumni of prestigious schools.
These are pictures of part of the court document filed by three Phi Kappa Psi fraternity brothers, whose lawsuit was subsequently dismissed:
The text of that document was provided by the Washington Post for Mr. Shapiro's July 29, 2015 article, "Phi Kappa Psi fraternity members sue Rolling Stone over retracted U-Va. rape story."
Page after page of the document which Ms. Erdely gave to the court in support of Rolling Stone's request for summary judgment confirms that there were at least two other victims of gang rape committed at the Phi Kappa Psi house. I thought about taking pictures of every page that discusses those victims, but it would be too many pictures; people can read the text of Ms. Shapiro's court filing and know that Mr. Shapiro's July 2, 2014 description of Ms. Erdely's investigation of those victims was a lie.
Copyright, with noted exceptions, L. Kochman, July 3, 2016 @ 10:50 p.m.
