Rolling Stone apologized Friday for a story published last month about a misleading article about a gang rape at the University of Virginia.
An alleged sexual assault victim identified as Jackie spoke to the Rolling Stone about her story on the condition that the magazine didn't interview her accused attacker. The Rolling Stone complied with her request because they "were trying to be sensitive to the unfair shame and humiliation many women feel after a sexual assault and now regret the decision to not contact the alleged assaulters to get their account," managing editor Wills Dana wrote on the magazine's website.
The rape allegation at the university discussed in the article caused all activities from fraternal organizations to be suspended, reported CBS News.
Rolling Stone's allegations in the November article sparked a police investigation at the university.
Jackie, the alleged victim, said she was at a party at the Phi Kappa Psi house by her date who orchestrated a seven-man gang rape. She said her date worked at a campus pool so she quit her job as a lifeguard there to avoid seeing her attacker again.
The Phi Kappa Psi fraternity released a statement in response to the story saying a 2012 list of employees at the Aquatic and Fitness Center shows that none of their members worked there in any capacity at the time. The fraternity added in the statement that they had no social event during the weekend when the woman said the rape took place.
