Did U.Va.’s Jackie contradict herself before her alleged rape?

Published December 11, 2014 12:05am ET



It’s one thing for an alleged victim of sexual assault to provide divergent accounts after a traumatic event, given the toll it takes on a person’s psyche. But Jackie, who was profiled in Rolling Stone as suffering through a horrific gang rape at University of Virginia fraternity, may have contradicted herself before the reported attack would have occurred.

Last week, the Washington Post discovered that Jackie had been telling different accounts of her being sexually assaulted and giving different descriptions of her attacker.

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