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Originally Posted by robinseggblue

We are still not sure she lied.

Which is precisely why I used the word "IF" in capital letters and in italics.

The guys who supposedly participated in this were not named so anything you say about naming perpetrators is out of place.

That's not my understanding. My understanding is that Jackie has given names and descriptions for the accused though, for the media, she asked that a pseudonym ("Drew") be used. Some kind of name had to have been given as one of the men suspected was phoned and questioned by reporters.

From the Washington Post, December 5th: "For example, an alleged attacker that Jackie identified to them for the first time this week — a junior in 2012 who worked with her as a university lifeguard — was actually the name of a student who belongs to a different fraternity, and no one by that name has been a member of Phi Kappa Psi. Reached by phone, that man, a U-Va. graduate, said Friday that he worked at the Aquatic and Fitness Center and was familiar with Jackie’s name. But he added that he never met Jackie in person and never took her out on a date. He also said he was not a member of Phi Kappa Psi."

(Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/...bdc_story.html)


Phi Kappa Psi does apparently have the name of the accused as I believe I recall they made a statement saying that no one by that name is in their fraternity.

Now we have another report that Jackie presented one young man's photo to her friends as "Drew".

From Washington Post December 10th: "Also, photographs that were texted to one of the friends showing her date that night were actually pictures depicting one of Jackie’s high school classmates in Northern Virginia. That man, now a junior at a university in another state, confirmed that the photographs were of him and said he barely knew Jackie and hasn’t been to Charlottesville for at least six years."

(Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/...y.html?hpid=z1)

This guy's photograph was being passed around as "Drew"? If I was that guy, I'd be freaked out.

Yes the organization was named. But her organization was named too (UVa anti-rape org...whatever, forgot the name).

You forgot the name of her organization? Interesting. I bet you remember the name of the fraternity in question.

If she was lying then that organization will be publicly smeared. That's Jackie's equivalent to a fraternity because it's her source of support in the community. And the community can blame it and protest for encouraging making up reports, whatever they feel.

No. Why would they be publicly smeared? (Heck, even you can't remember the name of it). They were not accused of aiding in any crimes here. No one has suggested that her rape support group ever encouraged her to lie about her experiences. I doubt the community will vandalize the UVA anti-rape support group meeting room like they did the Phi Kappa Psi house.