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Originally Posted by PinkSkyAtNight

There is no doubt that Rolling Stone and Sabrina Rubin-Ederly are going to face civil consequences for their lack of due dillingence, and possible willful intent to smear Phi Kappa Psi.

But proving that Jackie was maliciously trying to smear the fraternities and the greek community in general, will be very difficult to prove. Unless there is more evidence along the lines of an admission that she made up the whole thing, I find it doubtful that she will even face any kind of university hearing. Even if there is, we will probably never learn about it, because it will probably remain confidential.

If her friends have solid evidence of catfishing or the fact that she conspired to libel a fraternity or certain individuals all along, they really should come out and use their real names, it would seriously give them more credibility.

It was mentioned that the fraternity could have been shut down with no investigation or recourse.... but that didn't happen. Actually, the exact opposite happened. The national office and locals clearly did their own legwork, as did the Washington Post; and if the university had investigated, they could or perhaps did present these findings. If anything, they come out ahead for suspending themselves, remaining calm and non-retaliatory, all while people were spray-painting and vandalizing their house.

Everyone should sit back, let the dust settle, and let more facts come out. Because with each layer of the onion, the accuser looks worse, and if greeks can remain calm and not take a completely defensive position, in the long run we look better.

If the catfishimg story is true, her motive looks more like trying to make Randall jealous and get his attention than any malicious ill will against against the fraternity or the greek system. They may have just been convenient targets.