Amid outrage, questions emerge about U.Va. gang-rape allegation

Published December 1, 2014 8:39pm ET



Did the horrific gang rape detailed in a recent Rolling Stone article take place as reported? Some in the media are beginning to question the account of “Jackie,” a student at the University of Virginia who says she was raped by seven men as part of a fraternity initiation.

Richard Bradley, a former editor at George magazine who was taken in by Stephen Glass (the former journalist who became infamous for fabricating stories), wrote on Nov. 24 that he has since grown necessarily skeptical of articles corroborating his “pre-existing biases.”

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