CHARLOTTESVILLE (AP) — A judge has ordered the woman at the center of the debunked Rolling Stone magazine story about a rape at the University of Virginia to hand over documents in a second defamation lawsuit involving the article.
Charlottesville newspaper The Daily Progress reports that a judge on Monday ordered the woman identified only as “Jackie” to comply with Phi Kappa Psi fraternity’s subpoena, which sought documents related to the 2014 article, to the alleged assault, and to the woman’s relationship with a reporter.
Phi Kappa Psi is seeking $26.4 million from Rolling Stone over the story detailing the woman’s claims of being raped at the fraternity house. An investigation found no evidence to back up her claims. The magazine retracted the article.
A jury in November awarded a university administrator $3 million after finding Rolling Stone and the reporter had defamed her.