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Appeals Court Judges Revive UVA Fraternity Defamation Lawsuit Against Rolling Stone

Emily Zanotti

Rolling Stone thought it was finally in the clear, after the magazine came to a financial agreement with University of Virginia administrator Nicole Eramo, settling her defamation lawsuit over an article that accused her and others at UVA of ignoring a student’s gang rape.

But just as the publication goes on the market, a Federal appeals court has announced the UVA fraternity Rolling Stone reporter Sabrina Rubin Erdely accused of committing the gang rape can go ahead with their own defamation lawsuit against both the magazine and Erdely herself.

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