Rolling Stone rape hoaxer Jackie must release documents, says judge

Published January 13, 2016 8:05pm ET



A federal judge has ordered Jackie, the woman who told a fake gang-rape story to Rolling Stone in 2014, to hand over communications and documents that related to her hoax.

Judge Glen Conrad ordered the release of the documents on behalf of a lawsuit filed by University of Virginia Dean Nicole Eramo, who was maligned in the article and is now suing Rolling Stone for defamation. Eramo’s lawyers argued that Jackie had documents that proved Eramo did not do the things she was accused of doing in the Rolling Stone article. And even though Jackie is not being sued, the judge ordered her to hand over her communications.

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