with a hood and running from class to class because i was so fearful of running into the person that hurt me. reporter: eventually bartell dropped her case but she witnessed disturbing scenes like having to carry friends out of frat parties where she says they were drugged. people use words like, oh thar that s the rapey frat. the majority of the narratives are, you re not hot enough to get into this party, try a different frat. reporter: members of the interfraternity council released a statement acknowledging there is a bigger issue saying we ask our community does not become mired in the details of one specific incident but rather that we continue relentlessly pursuing institutionalized survivor support. a sentiment university president theresa sullivan agrees with. there s a piece of our culture that is broken, and i ask your help in coming together as a strong and resilient community to fix it.
believe survivors of rape. i kept thinking during this week about the because we cover issues of sexual assault on this show a lot. and what it means to do it in a way that is ethical that does understand what rape culture is for people who are survivors coming forward, and yet also maintains a level of journalistic integrity? let s talk about journalistic integrity because that s important here. i m enraged at sabrina erdley and not because a frat was done wrong. they will be back at the end of the semester, but i m not as enraged about the fact that this is clearly going to push a lot of survivors back into the closet, as horrible as that is. my real rage is for the fact that here s this woman, jackie, she clearly is traumatized and clearly has some form of ptsd and clearly had serious doubts about pushing this story forward. and as a journalist, that s when
they were drugged. people use words like, oh, that s the rapy frat. the majority of the narratives i have heard have been, oh, well, you re not hot enough to get into this party or, you know, try a different frat. members of the interfraternity council released a statement acknowledging there is a bigger issue saying, we ask that our university president theresa sullivan agrees with. there s a piece of our culture that is broken. now, i ask your help in coming together as a strong and resilient community to fix it. welcome words for survivors like ashley brown. i think the altitude doesn t i think a lot of the greek system is finally waking up. now, fred, the police
we regret not contacting the alleged assaulters to get their accounts. even friends of jackies who fight to raise awareness, told the writer there were seven. the university of virginia says it still plans to deal with sexual assault on campus saying we will continue to take a hard look at our practices, policies and procedures and continue to dedicate ourselves to becoming a model institution. and it should be noted that jackie never filed a criminal complaint in this case. megyn. trace, thank you. joining me for more rich lowry, fox news contributor who also happens to be a university of virginia alum. good to see you. thanks for having me. so you and i used to talk during the duke fake rape case. at the time people believed it was real. now we know it was a complete farce made up by a very deranged person against three frat
was led up the staircase to it the room where she was attacked and she has dreams and flashbacks of that staircase. no staircase according to the lawyer. no pledges that time of year. no members that had nicknames, the nicknames she described in the story. nobody existed at that frat with those nicknames. the final thing i just want to tell you, he said this to me. he said they spent $20,000 in the last couple days protecting the house that s been vandalized putting security and putting cameras up. he said, you know what? it s not part of our culture. it s just not true. we should add one other piece to this which is the other thing we learned is the washington post interviewed jackie, the woman at the center of this story. first time this woman has been interviewed since rolling stone article came out. she s standing by her story. i have to add to that, i was on campus earlier this week and i talked to many of jackie s friends and other survivors who know jackie. when i asked