A woman named Jackie Coakley (now McGovern), who was a student at UVa at the time, had an issue with a boy who was not paying her enough attention, or didn't see her as a romantic interest, or something like that. In the episode, Heather fabricates a gang rape at a fraternity. Monahan has a small meltdown after saying he hasnt been able to find Coakley for several days, and says he is about to call the police, a course of action Duffin discourages. Where, we ask, are the Federal cops? Haven Monahan? [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. Jump With Joy by Jacki McGovern. Ultimately, Rolling Stone got sued, paid out a big settlement to get out from under their own stupidity, and took a big black eye as far as journalistic competence. Marc Robert Mullenix. The police were also unable to corroborate Jackie's allegations that two other sexual assaults had taken place at the fraternity house or that she had been assaulted and struck to the face with a bottle in a separate incident. [58], The New York Observer stated that Rolling Stone deputy managing editor Sean Woods (the editor directly responsible for the article)[59] tendered his resignation to the magazine's owner, Jann Wenner. [98], In Erdely's story, Jackie is lured into an alleged seven-man rape by U. Va. upperclassman "Drew". They were the result of a wanton journalist who was more concerned with writing an article that fulfilled her preconceived narrative about the victimization of women on American college campuses, and a malicious publisher who was more concerned about selling magazines to boost the economic bottom line for its faltering magazine, than they were about discovering the truth or actual facts. Therefore, the criminal investigation was suspended on March 23. "Drew" gives "instruction and encouragement" to the seven rapists. She filed a lawsuit in May 2015, and the suit eventually went to trial. June 2016. "[78], On December 6, The Washington Post's media critic Erik Wemple called for all Rolling Stone staff who were involved with the story to be fired. The two sides settled in April 2017 for an undisclosed amount. "[171], Law & Order: SVU featured an episode titled "Devastating Story" in its 16th season whose plot was based on the UVA case. I have argued in these pages that the FBI needs to go hard against the Clinton Foundation for just that reason, lest the next powerful person or couple use a phony-baloney charitable entity to disguise an influence-peddling scam.Given the anti-violence, anti-rape climate we are in, it is imperative that equally phony-baloney accusers like Jackie Coakley McGovern are hauled into court and toted off to prison, lest rape accusations equate to a cry of "Wolf! The same account was accessed on March 18, 2016, from inside ALTG, Stein, Mitchell, Muse & Cipollone LLP, Jackie's legal firm. [48][49] After initially refusing to answer whether Jackie had access to or created the Haven Monahan email account, on May 31, 2016, Jackie's law firm filed court papers acknowledging they had recently accessed "Haven Monahan's" e-mail account for the purpose "of confirming that documents Eramo requested for the lawsuit were no longer in Jackie's possession. The situation only becomes more surreal from there: Duffin remains surprisingly composed throughout the exchanges, refusing toblow up at Monahan despite repeated provocations to do so. How honest are the intentions of Cosby's accusers? 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. After both the Charlottesville Police press conference and Columbia University's investigative report, UVA President Teresa Sullivan released the following statement: Rolling Stone's story, 'A Rape on Campus', did nothing to combat sexual violence, and it damaged serious efforts to address the issue. [45] Slate reported that the Post account strongly implied Jackie's tale of rape had been fabricated in an attempt to win over "Randall", who had previously rebuffed her romantic advances. Sponsorship and interview inquiries cheerfully welcomed at bsutton@alum.mit.edu. "[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. There's a new piece (usually three) from Bob every weekday here on Substack. Jackie Mcgovern. Lindy West said that female rape victims will probably be less likely to report sexual assaults for fear of being questioned by "some teenage 4Channer". She has previously worked for Watchdog.org, the Washington Examiner, and the Heritage Foundation. But several days later, once a Washington Post story had poked massive holes in Coakleys story, Duffin turns more hostile. 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". Jurez y 18 de Marzo Col. Centro, C.P 96360 Nanchital, Ver. Jacqueline Coakley Student at University of Massachusetts, Amherst Plymouth County, MA. He also explained that experienced reporters often work only with women who feel strong enough to deal with the due diligence required to bring the article to publication. A hand covers her mouth. "[129] Phi Kappa Psi members received death threats and the president of the university postponed all events related to its fraternities and sororities until mid-January 2015. [173][174], Response of fraternity and sorority groups, Columbia University School of Journalism's investigation. [169] The lawsuit was settled on December 21, 2017. Erdely has not written anything since and appears to still be underground. The accuser told the Post that she had felt "manipulated" by Erdely, and claimed she asked Erdely not to quote her in the article, a request the journalist denied. They each claimed they were harassed by family, friends, and coworkers as potential rapists in the months following publication. A year ago we told you about a Sacred Heart University student who was charged with falsely reporting an incident and "tampering with or fabricating physical evidence". [47], Per records released by Yahoo under subpoena in 2016, Haven Monahan's e-mail account was created from inside the University of Virginia "only one day before that same account sent an email to Jackie's friend Ryan Duffin" in 2012. "[93][105][106] She hadnt even done the most basic journalism, like confirming that the man Coakley went on a date with actually existed (he did not). Get introduced. However overall applications were down 0.7 percent to 31,107 in the aftermath of the publication. [165][166] In September 2016, the magazine sought to have the lawsuit dismissed; however, a circuit court judge ruled that the suit could proceed. [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. [15] [155], Additionally, the Poynter Institute named the story as the "Error of the Year" in journalism. Charlottesville Police officially suspended their four-month investigation on March 23, 2015, based on lack of credible evidence. "Drew" eventually sent a photo of "himself" to Jackie's friends, but "the man depicted in that photograph never attended U. Va" and was a high-school classmate of Jackie. [45] Will Dana, who was the managing editor of the magazine at the time the false story was published, left the magazine in 2015, but was not fired. The best result we found for your search is Jacqueline Rose Coakley age 20s in Colchester, CT. [11] In light of the findings, Erik Wemple of The Washington Post pronounced the story "a complete crock". According to Charlottesville Police Capt. Jacqueline Coakley Student at University of Massachusetts, Amherst Plymouth County, MA. And Coakley, the woman who made up the story that led to tarnished reputations of her alma mater and an innocent fraternity, never saw any sort of punishment except for lies being debunked in the national media. We all remember the tumult at the University of Virginia five years back. [80], Journalist Caitlin Flanagan, who wrote an expos in The Atlantic titled "The Dark Power of Fraternities: A yearlong investigation of Greek houses", told On the Media that she was concerned that Erdely's article could inhibit reforms of the Greek system. [77], Fellow Jezebel writer Jia Tolentino wrote an analysis of Erdely's story and reported on fraternity rush after the Rolling Stone article was discredited. Also known as Jackie Mcgovern | Jacquelin Mcgovern View Details AGE 28 Jacqueline R Mcgovern Stafford, VA Lived in Colchester CT | Goose Creek SC Related to Connor Mcgovern | John Coakley | Matthew Coakley | Ruth Garavalia | Sharon Coakley Also known as Jacqueline Coakley View Details AGE 65 Jacqueline R Mcgovern Richmond, VA View Details 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". [52][53][54], Initially, Erdely stood by her story, stating: "I am convinced that it could not have been done any other way, or any better. 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. [146][147][148] Harvey A. Silverglate in The Boston Globe referenced the Rolling Stone article in opining that the college sexual assault "scare" follows a long tradition of runaway, exaggerated social epidemics that "have ruined innocent lives and corrupted justice. Others named Jackie Coakley. In addition, several windows were broken with bottles and cinder blocks, and police officials said that the group received "disparaging messages" on social media. The media should publish the name of the UVA rape hoax girl, Jackie Coakley. [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. The student at the heart of Rolling Stone 's discredited gang-rape story has been ordered by a federal judge to turn over her communications. "[120], Rolling Stone announced that Will Dana would leave his job at the magazine, effective August 7, 2015. [100][101][a], In 2012 Jackie told her friends that she had been accosted by five men, though she later testified to Erdely that she had been attacked by seven, with two more directing and encouraging the rape. Copyright 2014-2021 by Robert SuttonLike what you read here? The Columbia Journalism Review called the story "this year's media-fail sweepstakes" and the Poynter Institute named it as the "Error of the Year" in journalism. "[112] Assistant editor Elisabeth Garber-Paul provided fact-checking. A woman named Jackie Coakley, who was a student at UVa at the time, had an issue with a boy who was not paying her enough attention, or didn't see her as a romantic interest, or something like that. [156], On May 12, 2015, UVA associate dean Nicole Eramo, chief administrator for handling sexual assault issues at the school, filed a $7.5 million defamation lawsuit in Charlottesville Circuit Court against Rolling Stone and Erdely, claiming damage to her reputation and emotional distress. As a result, our fraternity was vandalized, our members ostracized based on false information. "[144], The North American Interfraternity Conference and the National Panhellenic Council, meanwhile, announced that they had retained the services of Squire Patton Boggs to lobby the U.S. Congress to take action to ensure that Greek-letter organizations are protected from future accusations of the kind leveled in Erdely's article. It was prepared by Steve Coll, the dean of Columbia's journalism school; Sheila Coronel, the dean of academic affairs; and Derek Kravitz, a graduate school researcher. Jill Geisler in the Columbia Journalism Review reacted to Dana's statement by saying, "At a time when humility should guide a leader's comments, that quote carries the aroma of arrogance. In a strange bit of irony, the last thing she ever tweeted was a reply to ProPublica reporter Pamela Colloff about correcting a tweet to label Erdely as a journalist, instead of simply a woman.. 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. On November 19, 2014, Rolling Stone published the now retracted article by Sabrina Erdely titled "A Rape on Campus" about an alleged gang rape of a University of Virginia (UVA) student, Jackie Coakley. Artwork by Jacki McGovern. 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. [116], The report concluded, "Rolling Stone's repudiation of the main narrative in "A Rape on Campus" is a story of journalistic failure that was avoidable. "[149], The Washington Post media critic Erik Wemple stated that everyone connected to this story at Rolling Stone should be fired. Jackie's friends in the story have provided evidence since then that the man Rolling Stone calls "Drew" was electronically introduced to them as "Haven Monahan. Duffin: And its coming off as creepy. UVA never punished her for lying, and she faced no legal consequences. Select the best result to find their address, phone number, relatives, and public records. Just fucken stay out of her life so she can get the fuck over you and move onto me. [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. [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". That's terrible for journalism", "Should there have been firings at Rolling Stone? Where are the Feds? [128], The Washington Post reported that the members of Phi Kappa Psi "went into hiding for weeks after their home was vandalized with spray paint calling them rapists and bricks that broke their windows", and had to escape to hotels. So it took me a day or two to admit that I found many of Erdely's details unrecognizable. [17][39][40] Sandra Menendez, a student who claimed to have been interviewed by Erdely but who was not directly quoted in the article, told CNN that she and others became uncomfortable after speaking with Erdely, concluding she had "an agenda". [31][32] Erdely defended her decision not to interview the accused by saying that the contact page on the fraternity's website "was pretty outdated". I have no assumption to make, as to whether she has not been sued because she is a shallow pocket, incapable of affording a large settlement in a civil suit. Rolling Stone falsely accused some University of Virginia students of heinous, criminal acts, and falsely depicted others as indifferent to the suffering of their classmate. Cola and The Water Lilies by Jacki McGovern. Browse all their registries in one list. 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. UVA associate dean Nicole Eramo, the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, and several fraternity members later filed lawsuits against Erdely and Rolling Stone. AGE View Full Report AGE Phone Address View Full Report AGE View Full Report AGE Phone Address View Full Report [17], Inquirer media columnist Michael Smerconish recounted that when he interviewed Erdely about the story on Sirius XM radio, she told him: "I talked to all of her friends, all the people that she confided in along the way." Add wedding photos and fond memories. Jacqueline Rose McGovern Jackie Rose Coakley Jacqueline R Coakley Jackie R Coakley. UVA President Teresa Sullivan still has her job, even though she prematurely punished the entire Greek system at the university in the wake of the article. However, that statement seemed to contradict an earlier assertion the accuser had made to The Washington Post, in which she stated: "I know it was Phi [Kappa] Psi, because a year afterward, my friend pointed out the building to me. [56] A subsequent tweet sent by Rolling Stone managing editor Will Dana offered further comment on Erdely's story: "[W]e made a judgementthe kind of judgement reporters and editors make every day. "[26] Four participants who were sitting on the steps to the Phi Kappa Psi house were arrested on trespassing charges for refusing to move when police officers asked them to leave. jacqueline and Connor McGovern from Stafford, VA have registered at for their wedding on October 15, 2015. ", "Rolling Stone publisher: U.Va. Both of those peoplewho attend different colleges and bear no resemblance to the description Jackie gave of her attackersaid in interviews that they knew of Jackie but did not know her well and did not have contact with her after she left for the University of Virginia. rape accuser's friends begin to doubt story Washington Times", "Friends' accounts differ significantly from victim in UVA rape story", "Lawyers in Rolling Stone lawsuit acknowledge 'Jackie' has ties to fake persona", "Police find no evidence of alleged sexual assault at U-Va. fraternity, "These Surreal "Catfishing" Texts May Have Prompted The UVA Rape Scandal", "Rolling Stone Article on Rape at University of Virginia Failed All Basics, Report Says", "Rolling Stone Deputy Editor Tendered Resignation; Wenner Declines", "Rolling Stone Tries to Regroup After Campus Rape Article Is Disputed", "Jury finds reporter, Rolling Stone responsible for defaming U-Va. dean with gang rape story", "Statement from Writer of Rolling Stone Article Sabrina Erdely", "Rolling Stone Retracts UVA Fraternity Rape Story, Pundits React US News", "Rolling Stone fails to take full responsibility for its actions", "Major 'failures' found in Rolling Stone's 'A Rape on Campus', "Probe of Now-Discredited Rolling Stone Article Didn't Find Fireable Error", "Rolling Stone magazine "Jackie" recording released", "Hey, Feminist Internet Collective: Good Reporting Does Not Have To Be Sensitive", "Rush After 'A Rape On Campus': A UVA Alum Goes Back to Rugby Road", "Why Didn't Sabrina Rubin Erdely Write about Vanderbilt? [29][30] After an interview Erdely gave to Slate, in which she was questioned about the way she investigated the piece, some commentators escalated their questioning of the veracity of the article. But as Smerconish wrote, "[S]he did not talk to all of Jackie's friends. [108][109], After the details in "A Rape on Campus" began to unravel, Rolling Stone's publisher Jann Wenner commissioned Columbia University's School of Journalism to investigate the failures behind the publication of the article. 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. The communications were supposed to be confidential, but now at least some of them have come into the possession of Virginia news outlet WTVR News. [112][115] Ultimately, the report determined that Rolling Stone had exhibited confirmation bias and failed to perform basic fact checking by relying excessively on the accuser's account without verifying it through other means. [27] Community members offered suggestions for immediate steps administration could take to implement preventive measures and address safety concerns regarding sexual assault. Sabrina Erdely would also continue to write for Rolling Stone. The fact that Jackie had a romantic interest in Randall was also noted by other news media. [26] A student quoted in The Daily Progress said that men at a nearby bar were "quick to yell 'insults and slurs' at the protesters as they walked by". [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. A number of commentators accused the magazine of setting rape victims "back decades", while The Washington Post described the Rolling Stone story as a "catastrophe for journalism". "[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. 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. The Cardinal defense forced the Mustangs into 22 turnover and held them to just 10 points in the first half. that equally phony-baloney accusers like Jackie Coakley McGovern are hauled into court and toted off to prison, lest rape accusations equate to a cry of "Wolf! Then in June 2017, the magazine settled with the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity for $1.65 million. Wenner, who was reportedly "furious" at Erdely's story, declined to accept the resignation. Why has the name changed since then?. The Daily Caller | 1775 Eye Street NW | Suite 1150-290 | Washington, DC 20006, the possession of Virginia news outlet WTVR News, a month-long correspondence between Duffin and Monahan,, At one point, Monahan claims that Coakley suffers from lupus and is frequently hospitalized, which is how he claimed to have met her. [112] The Columbia Journalism Review called the story "this year's media-fail sweepstakes". Jan. 30 2016, Updated 4:58 p.m. [170], Street artist Sabo papered Hollywood with posters styled like a Rolling Stone cover featuring the headline "Rape Fantasies and Why We Perpetuate Them". 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. Please. You all know where she is. "[73][74] Lauren Kling of the Poynter Institute criticized Rolling Stone for "blaming [the] source" instead of taking ownership of their own errors. [142], Several commentators hypothesized that allegations of rape against Bill Cosby, which surfaced at the same time as the publication of "A Rape on Campus", would be less damaging to the comedian as a result of the seeming collapse of the Rolling Stone story. "[26] By December 5, 2014, Christopher Pivik, a former member of Phi Kappa Psi at the University of Virginia, had retained attorney Andrew Miltenberg. We dont know where you are. Monahan:You fucked this up for me. Thats right, Rolling Stone is only now able to put this travesty behind them at least legally. In fact, Jackie made him up in an elaborate attempt to win the affections of another student. In the Columbia Journalism Review, Bill Grueskin called the story "a messthinly sourced, full of erroneous assumptions, and plagued by gaping holes in the reporting". [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. Her claims turned out to be false, made in an attempt to get a male student's affections (it didn't work). On April 5, 2015, Rolling Stone retracted the article and published the independent report on the publication's history.[1]. The case is actually similar to that of Jackie Coakley, who told students and staff at the University of Virginia and a reporter for Rolling Stone that she had been gang-raped as part of a fraternity initiation. Jackie is related to Kristen Mcgovern Kahn and David Charles McGovernas well as 2 additional people. Jackie Lynn McGovern. View Full Report. In fact, her failure to speak to the three friends in whom Jackie supposedly confided immediately after the alleged incident was perhaps the most egregious of a string of journalistic failures. Oh, the earth spun a little slower, or faster metaphors fail me when it comes to stuff like this.At any rate, you surely remember. The federal appellate circuit stated readers could plausibly conclude that many or all fraternity members participated in alleged gang rape as an initiation ritual and all members knowingly turned a blind eye to the brutal crimes. Rolling Stone and the fraternity members reached a settlement three months later. [168], A further lawsuit by a number of members of the fraternity was greenlighted by a court of appeals on September 19, 2017, after originally being dismissed by a lower court in June 2016. We all remember the tumult at the University of Virginia five years back. [15], Jackie's academic performance reportedly declined, and she became socially withdrawn due to emotional distress. In response to those revelations, Jackie's father declared that Phi Kappa Psi had been misidentified and the attack had occurred at a different fraternity, though he did not elaborate as to which one. Send tips toblake@dailycallernewsfoundation.org. We must, apparently, not give out the names of accusers. Given the anti-violence, anti-rape climate we are in, it is. [65], Spokesmen for both Wenner[66] and Dana said that Erdely would continue to write articles for Rolling Stone. Very little. Three fraternity members George Elias IV, Ross Fowler and Stephen Hadford alleged there was enough information in the article to identify them as some of the potential rapists in the story. Jackie Coakley -- United States. [134], On January 30, 2015, Teresa Sullivan, the President of the University of Virginia, acknowledged that the Rolling Stone story was "discredited" in her State of the University Address. A name that belongs to no UVA student ever? The magazine reached a final settlement in late December with the members of the fraternity that were falsely maligned in the story. They said that no pledges were resident in the fraternity at the time Erdely claimed. 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.
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