[59][97] At the subsequent trial, one of Jackie's friends the night of the alleged attack testified that their friendships eventually dwindled because of Jackie's "tendency to fabricate things". Jackie Coakley -- United States. She decided to get the attention she wanted, by making up a completely baseless story about having been gang-raped at a fraternity house, Phi Kappa Psi (colloquially referred to as Phi Psi). One friend, Ryan Duffin (called "Randall" in the Rolling Stone article), told The Washington Post that he had never spoken to any reporter from Rolling Stone, although Erdely had claimed him as a source to corroborate the accuser's story. Sponsorship and interview inquiries cheerfully welcomed at bsutton@alum.mit.edu. "[51] According to news articles covering lawsuits resulting from the Rolling Stone article, Jackie concocted the Haven Monahan persona in a catfishing scheme directed at Duffin, who had not responded to romantic overtures that Jackie had directed at him. The original story was told by a young woman named Jackie Coakley identified only as Jackie in the article who said she was taken on a date by a handsome member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity at the University of Virginia, and then led back to the fraternity house where several other members of the fraternity violently gang-raped her on top of a broken glass table. Jurez y 18 de Marzo Col. Centro, C.P 96360 Nanchital, Ver. As a result, our fraternity was vandalized, our members ostracized based on false information. Minutes later, Duffin says that because of legal concerns, it would be best if he stopped talking with Coakley. Why has the name changed since then?. "[112] Assistant editor Elisabeth Garber-Paul provided fact-checking. [23] [15] "[42] Jackie forwarded messages from "Monahan", and "Monahan" exchanged messages with Jackie's friends, including sending a picture of "himself" directly to Ryan Duffin. "[93], On December 8, 2014, ABC News reported that the person quoted by Erdely as alleging a rape at Phi Kappa Psi had retained an attorney. Following Sept. 28, the day Coakley told Rolling Stone she was raped at Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, Monahan starts making allusions to some incident with Coakley, whereshe promised she wouldnt report anythin if I didnt talk about her or to her.Combined with texts between Coakley and Duffin that discuss some unclear horrible event of a sexual nature the night of the 28th, showing that Coakley was developing her alleged rape narrative from the beginning. [8][9], On January 12, 2015, Charlottesville Police officials told UVA that an investigation had failed to find any evidence confirming the events in the Rolling Stone article. [116] The report also states that the article misled readers with quotes where attribution was unclear and used pseudonyms inappropriately as a way to address these shortcomings. It features a fictional character named Heather Manning who was based on Jackie. In an interview with The New York Times, he called her, "a really expert fabulist storyteller", and added, "obviously there is something here that is untruthful, and something sits at her doorstep. They said that no pledges were resident in the fraternity at the time Erdely claimed. At the end of the day, UVA's incredible story fit Erdely's narrative better than Vanderbilt's credible one. Jacqueline Coakley Student at University of Massachusetts, Amherst Plymouth County, MA. [43] However, media investigations have determined that no student named "Haven Monahan" has attended the University of Virginia;[44] the portrait of "Haven Monahan" is an image of a classmate of Jackie's in high school, who has never attended the University of Virginia;[45] the three telephone numbers through which "Haven Monahan" contacted Jackie's friends are registered "internet telephone numbers" that "enable the user to make calls or send SMS text messages to telephones from a computer or iPad while creating the appearance that they are coming from a real phone"[46] and love letters written by Jackie and forwarded by "Haven Monahan" to Ryan Duffin are largely plagiarized from scripts of the TV series Dawson's Creek and Scrubs. Haven Monahan? A few days later, hundreds of people participated in a protest and march organized by UVA faculty as "part of a series of responses to the recently published Rolling Stone article". Join now to unlock comments, browse ad-free, and access exclusive content from your favorite FDRLST writers. But I have a pretty good notion that she violated some serious criminal statutes; after all, participating in a fraud involving the mails (a magazine) or wire (somewhere along the line) is a Federal issue. They came to the conclusion that they were comfortable" with not making it clear to readers that they had never contacted Ryan. "[115] Rolling Stone managing editor Will Dana was also cited on the Columbia report: "It's not like I think we need to overhaul our process, and I don't think we need to necessarily institute a lot of new ways of doing things. Get introduced. At the chapter house party, Jackie alleged in the article, her date led her to a bedroom where she was gang raped by several fraternity members as part of their initiation ritual. The media should publish the name of the UVA rape hoax girl, Jackie Coakley. In today's 24-hour news cycle, we all have a tendency to rush to judgment without having all of the facts in front of us. Along with the bizarre Haven Monahan text messages, WTVR also released text messages between Duffin and Coakley following the release of Rolling Stones article. Now, WTVR has released almost 50 pages of text messages showing correspondence between Coakley and Duffin, as well as a month-long correspondence between Duffin and Monahan, who appears to have simply been Coakley all along. "Drew" gives "instruction and encouragement" to the seven rapists. [95][96] Emily Renda, who was a University of Virginia student at the time of the alleged attack and in whom Jackie also confided, said that she had become suspicious as to the veracity of Jackie's story prior to the Rolling Stone report, commenting to a The Washington Post editor: "I don't even know what I believe. Jackie Mcgovern. Others named Jackie Coakley. CL15-479 (Charlottesville, Va. [158] On March 30, 2016, The Washington Post reported that Jackie's lawyers requested the April deposition be cancelled, to avoid having her "revisit her sexual assault". [165][166] In September 2016, the magazine sought to have the lawsuit dismissed; however, a circuit court judge ruled that the suit could proceed. [155], Additionally, the Poynter Institute named the story as the "Error of the Year" in journalism. Some students "actually had to leave the room while they were reading [the article] because they were so upset." [112] The Columbia Journalism Review called the story "this year's media-fail sweepstakes". In September 2013, Eramo connected Jackie with Emily Renda, a UVA staff member, recent graduate and leader in the college's sexual assault support group One Less. Select this result to view Jackie Ralston McGovern's phone number, address, and more. She has previously worked for Watchdog.org, the Washington Examiner, and the Heritage Foundation. It is almost impossible to easily summarize the texts,which reveal a positively byzantine effort to trick Duffin. The details have not been disclosed, but at least two members of the fraternity will be the beneficiary of the settlement. "[171], Law & Order: SVU featured an episode titled "Devastating Story" in its 16th season whose plot was based on the UVA case. "[68][69] WCAV of Charlottesville, Virginia, published the audio of Jackie's 2014 statements to Erdely. "Under the scenario cited by Erdely", Wemple wrote, "the Phi Kappa Psi members are not just criminal sexual-assault offenders, they're criminal sexual-assault conspiracists, planners, long-range schemers. After the date, they allegedly went to a party at his fraternity house, where he brought her to a dark bedroom upstairs and "a heavy person jumps on top of her. [127] Phi Kappa Psi's national president Scott Noble stated that they were "now pursuing serious legal action toward Rolling Stone, the author and editor, and even Jackie". [38], The two friends confirmed to the Post that they remembered meeting Jackie on the night of the incident, that she was distraught but not visibly injured or bloodied, and that details she provided then were different from those in the Rolling Stone article. Select this result to view Jackie L Coakley's phone number, address, and more. Text messages have finally been released showingCoakleys fictional Haven Monahan personality trying to catfish her crush Ryan Duffin. Cola and The Water Lilies by Jacki McGovern. 2160250. Ashe Short is a senior editor at The Daily Wire, where she writes about campus issues. 2 others named Jackie Coakley are on LinkedIn . Sullivan extended a voluntary ban on social activities for months after the article was punished, and required organizations to sign new agreements in order to resume such activities. However, The Washington Post stated that the three friends reported getting called at 1 a.m.[45] and meeting Jackie a mile away from the fraternities, and that they saw "no blood or visible injuries". 3. Artwork by Jacki McGovern. Copyright 2014-2021 by Robert SuttonLike what you read here? "[50], "Haven Monahan", as reported by T. Rees Shapiro, "ultimately appeared to be a combination of names belonging to people Jackie interacted with while in high school in Northern Virginia. "[79] An editorial in the Boston Herald declared: "a fifth-grader would've done some basic fact-checking before potentially ruining men's lives" before repeating the call for the firing of Rolling Stone staff involved in the story. "[87], Emily Renda, the university's project coordinator for sexual misconduct, policy and prevention declared that "Rolling Stone played adjudicator, investigator and advocate and did a slipshod job at that. Her claims turned out to be false, made in an attempt to get a male student's affections (it didn't work). The collateral damage included a UVa dean, as well as the entire Greek system there and, well, no one thinks a lot of Teresa Sullivan anymore either. [37], Bruce Shapiro of Columbia University said that an engaged and empathetic reporter will be concerned about inflicting new trauma on the victim: "I do think that when the emotional valence of a story is this high, you really have to verify it." "[57] On December 6, Rolling Stone updated the apology to say the mistakes in the article were the fault of Rolling Stone and not of its source, while noting that "there now appear to be discrepancies in Jackie's account". A hand covers her mouth. [172], In May 2022, an off-Broadway play adapted from the UVA case and resulting legal battles titled Retraction premiered in New York City at Theatre Four at Theatre Row. UVA associate dean Nicole Eramo, the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, and several fraternity members later filed lawsuits against Erdely and Rolling Stone. That's terrible for journalism", "Should there have been firings at Rolling Stone? She decided to get the attention she wanted, by making up a completely baseless story about having been gang-raped at a fraternity house, Phi Kappa . [124] He added, "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. [59][116] However, Coco McPherson, who is in charge of Rolling Stone's fact-checking operation, said, "I one-hundred percent do not think that the policies that we have in place failed. Erdely wanted to tell the story of a campus body and university administration behaving indifferently to an unspeakable crime. The Washington Times determined "Drew"'s "telephone" and "Blackberry" numbers were in fact "Internet phone numbers that enable the user to make calls or send SMS text messages to telephones from a computer or iPad while creating the appearance that they are coming from a real phone". "[150], National Review columnist Jonah Goldberg has called for Phi Kappa Psi to sue Rolling Stone, while at least one legal expert has opined that there is a high likelihood of "civil lawsuits by the fraternity members or by the fraternity itself against the magazine and maybe even some university officials". Therefore, the criminal investigation was suspended on March 23. I believed it to be true at the time. But, just as in the Duke Lacrosse case, many of the people who enabled the false accusation and unfairly deemed the fraternity as guilty from the start were unharmed by the article. Where are the Feds?There is certainly a good argument to make that it is often necessary to prosecute as a deterrent to the next person willing to try the same felonious act. [99], In Erdely's story, the rape was supposed to have occurred during a party at Phi Kappa Psi as part of a pledging ritual. But I have a pretty good notion that she violated some serious criminal statutes; after all, participating in a fraud involving the mails (a magazine) or wire (somewhere along the line) is a Federal issue. The trio also sent text messages to a phone number Jackie said was the mobile phone of her date and were surprised that the owner of the phone number responded primarily with flattering messages about Randall, whom Jackie was romantically interested in. Jackie is related to Kristen Mcgovern Kahn and David Charles McGovernas well as 2 additional people. [35] Fraternity officials further disputed a claim in Erdely's piece that said the rape had occurred as part of a pledging ritual by observing that pledging on the UVA campus occurs in spring, not autumn as the story stated. President: School to Be National Leader on Campus Safety", "UVA Applications Drop in Wake of Discredited Gang-Rape Story Bloomberg Business", "Party Ban Is Patronizing, U.Va. [79] The 2nd Circuit reversed Castels decision in September 2017, after Rolling Stone had reached settlements on two other lawsuits brought in the wake of the infamous article. 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