Leslie Loftis
Leslie Loftis

Oct 27, 2017

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If the court allowed that theory to go forward (and they did) then these three members, and in theory any member of Phi Kappa Psi during the time period when the Rolling Stone article alleged that the fraternity used gang rape as an initiation ritual, could sue for defamation under a small group theory. It was a threat to Rolling Stone, and counsel needed to throw everything she had at it. And she did…

The Never Ending Story of Rolling Stone’s “A Rape On Campus”
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I am skipping a statute of limitations problem that would probably prevent most of these cases, but if I were counsel for Rolling Stone I would not want this theory open for this case or any others that might come in.

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