Erdely went back to Jackie after other reporters started raising questions about the accuracy of the story, according to the documents. In her deposition, Erdely called it the "most devastating moment" of her career. Eramo sued Erdely and Rolling Stone for $7.5 million, arguing that the story cast her as the "chief villain". "We're going to have to run a retraction," wrote Sabrina Rubin Erdely about her now-discredited story, 'A Rape on Campus'. Rolling Stone officially retracted the story in April 2015, and the magazine's managing editor and Erdely both apologised.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 03, 2016 20:39 UTC