I DON’T KNOW WHO ROLLING STONE’S LIBEL INSURANCE CARRIER IS, BUT I HOPE THEY HAVE DEEP POCKETS: UVA Dean Maligned by Rolling Stone Received Death and Rape Threats, Hires Lawyer

Nicole Eramo, the UVA dean of students portrayed as the face of administrative neglect of rape victims in Rolling Stone’s now-discredited story, revealed in a letter to the magazine’s publisher that she received death and rape threats as a result of Sabrina Rubin Erdely’s reckless reporting.

She has hired an attorney and may pursue legal action against the magazine, which has never really apologized for defaming her.

Her letter, written to Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner, alleges that the magazine’s representatives claimed as recently as February that Erdely’s portrayal of Eramo was “fair.” That’s rather damning, if true; Rolling Stone should have had some idea by February that its fact-checking process had fundamentally failed and no aspect of the story was beyond reproach. And indeed, the police and Columbia investigations later determined that Eramo had directed Jackie to go the police, contrary to what Erdely wrote.

It’s seeming as if Erdely wrote a work of fiction, but used real people’s names.