No evidence to back magazine rape story: US police
Investigators probing college campus gang-rape allegations detailed in a controversial Rolling Stone magazine article said Monday they had found no evidence to support the explosive claims.
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Washington: Investigators probing college campus gang-rape allegations detailed in a controversial Rolling Stone magazine article said Monday they had found no evidence to support the explosive claims.
Published on November 19, the story prompted student protests and the suspension of fraternities at the college and rekindled a national debate about sexual violence on US campuses.
Police in Charlottesville, Virginia said Monday that the purported victim, who Rolling Stone called "Jackie," had met several times with investigators, but failed to discuss the alleged gang rape.
"We`re not able to conclude to any substantive degree that an incident occurred at the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house or any other fraternity house," said the city`s police chief Timothy Longo.
"That doesn`t mean something terrible didn`t happen to Jackie," Longo told a televised press conference.
"We`re just not able to gather sufficient facts to determine what that is."
That said, Longo stated that the case would be suspended, not closed, leaving the door open to more investigation in response to any fresh evidence.
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