friends with the woman who was the subject of the rolling stone article, jackie, and do you know that as of now she is not planning to press charges burk is she going to? we know that there is a police investigation, and that is all we know at this time. and alexandria, and this is a delicate subject, because you a sexual assault survivor yourself. yes. and what went into the decision of whether or not to press charges? i decided to go through the informal trial system through the university because i wanted to talk to my perpetrator about what had happened and it is lot about my feeling process and getting closure. and liz, you were sexually assaulted in the same frat house building that jackie was sexually assault ed in, and whe you first realized that, what was your reaction? my e rerereaction is one of
defend what we have, and now we have switched from defending it to using the opportunity to start the change to now be an example. reporter: since the rolling stone story, some have questioned the credibility asking why sebrina early did not include those who accused the first-year female student jackie, and this is what she said about the men in a recent interview with cnn. they were walking around as though nothing has happened. jackie did go to the school to report thele allegation, and the school did absolutely nothing. reporter: and erdley says she attempted to reach the men, but was not able to. and today, rolling stone says she stands by the story. and we found through the fact-checking that she is courageous, and she is credible and gives the story the disturbing attention it deserves. and we asked the university of virginia about the credibility
first page of the advocacy handbook of giving people options and not coercing in any shape or form, and we can frankly have a conversation of the dean s and other officials n that how they want to the p be advocates, or contract out, but she did best practices with the best outcomes which is to respect victim autonomy, and she respected jackie s choices whether sheing ing agreed with not, and we should discuss whether we want them to do that or not, because they took a victim-centered approach ha is victim best practices. and i was going to i was going to i am sorry, and that is great, emily, because it is jackie s choice, and it is great to with be choices, and my choice is that i asked my dean at the time to call the charlottesville police, and he said, no, i cannot do that, because the
repercussion, and meant to simplify the current policy. are these the types of changes needed on campus, and this is for liz? i think that it is the types of changes needed on campus are greater than policies and things instituted by the university, itself. i mean, it is like the hawks running the hen house. it is something more law enforcement enabled and something that is single sanctioned and just like the honor code. modest is a word i would use to the change, and that is a generous word. modest. so what do you think of the questions that jackie s story, because the accusers were not interviewed in the roll iing stone article, and some went as far to suggest that it may not be true. i think that we are focusing in many ways on how the story was told when what is not important is how the story was