UVA fraternity to pursue legal action against Rolling Stone

HUFFPOST ALERT UVA Fraternity To Pursue Legal Action Against Rolling Stone Over Retracted Rape Story ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK -- The University of Virginia fraternity at the center of Rolling Stone's discredited report on an alleged 2012 gang rape on campus announced plans Monday "to pursue all available legal action against the magazine." The decision comes a day after Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism issued a devastating report highlighting Rolling Stone's "journalistic failure" in publishing its November bombshell, "A Rape on Campus." The fraternity was temporarily suspended following the allegations of a gang rape involving its members, but reinstated this year as no evidence surfaced that any such crime took place. Stephen Scipione, president of the Virginia Alpha chapter of Phi Kappa Psi, said in a statement Monday that the Columbia report "demonstrates the reckless nature in which Rolling Stone researched and failed to verify facts in its article that erroneously accused Phi Kappa Psi of crimes its members did not commit.” Read the whole story Follow HuffPost on Facebook and Twitter Know something we don't? Email us at breakingnews@huffingtonpost.com Unsubscribe | Forward | Manage your notification preferences 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003