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Rolling Stone rape hoaxer claims ‘PTSD’ makes her memory ‘foggy’

By Ashe Schow

Published October 25, 2016 6:02pm ET

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Rolling Stone rape hoaxer claims ‘PTSD’ makes her memory ‘foggy’ — Jackie defended in her deposition U.Va. Dean Nicole Eramo, who is suing Rolling Stone, its publisher and Sabrina Rubin Erdely over the way she was portrayed in the article. (AP Photo) | Ryan M. Kelly

The woman who gave a now-discredited account of a gang rape at the University of Virginia claimed in testimony that “PTSD” has made her memory “foggy” and that she can no longer recall details of her alleged assault.

Jackie, the woman at the center of the gang-rape hoax, told her story to Rolling Stone author Sabrina Rubin Erdely. Erdely’s article has since been retracted by the magazine, which is being sued by a U.Va. dean who claims she was defamed by the article.

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