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Nonstop speculation whether the incident happened as jackie recalled, or if it happened at all, but before "rolling stone" published the story, another one of jackies friends tells cnn jackie was concerned. was she apprehensive about the article? >> terrified. i remember her absolutely terrified of the repercussions. >> reporter: repercussions started against the fraternity, the house vandalized. some of that backlash shifted to jackie. >> there do appear to be holes in her story, no survivor iv...

And out a side door. the attorney for the fraternity says theres no side staircase in the house but there are side doors and this has an ex-peeror side staircase. the fraternity attorney records show there was no party the night the gang rape allegedly occurred and the man who jackie says lured her to the room was never even a member of the fraternity. "rolling stone" revised its apology over the weekend to say it takes responsibility for any inaccuracies in the story, and the blame does not lie...

Party. the online apology said that the reporter never contacted the victims indicated. the apology was changed on saturday to read the mistakes are on "rolling stone" not on jackie. >> reporter: john and christine, rolling stone now says they are the ones to blame for any inaccuracies in the story about the alleged gang rape at the university of virginia. they are backing away from criticism of the woman named jackie at the center of the story. the attorney for the fraternity on campus tells cn...

Claimed she was attacked. theres also no side staircase inside the frat house which the article states jackie walked down after the attack. and the fraternity brother that allegedly brought her there was never a member of phi kappa si. now students are urged to keep focus on a larger problem, how university and students react to reports of sexual assault. >> i remember crying when it happened. i remember saying no. i remember pushing him off of me. >> emily powell says she was assaulted last yea...

After, verified and fact checked in this article and it really painted the university in a brutal way and had the accused really now in a tough position. so it didnt go by the w, the who, what, where, when, why, all those things still left kind of blurry and they had to walk it back. so they couldnt even confirm that the men who had allegedly committed the terrible crime actually existed. the location, the door that the girl actually says she went out of and fled couldnt be found and verified. t...

Latest. >> reporter: "rolling stone" says they are to blame for the inaccuracies in the story of the alleged gang rape at the university of virginia. they are backing away from any criticism of the woman named jackie at the center of the story. the attorney for the fraternity here on campus tells cnn that several details in the article are just plain wrong. he says records show there was no party the night that jackie claimed she was attacked, no side staircase in the fraternity house where the ...

Capita si said records show there was no party the night jackie claims she was attacked, theres also no side staircase which the article indicates jackie walked down and the frat brother who allegedly brought her there was never even a member of phi kappa psi. the alleged victim still stands by her story, "rolling stone" has retracted the article so should fraternities and sorr sorrow -- sorrorities be allowe to operate. >> well, when the university of virginia told it will fraternities and soro...

That we have talked to here say they want the focus to remain on the broader issue of campus sexual assault. "rolling stone" magazine now says they are to blame for their story on an alleged gang wrarngs avoid criticizeing jackie, the unidentified accuser at the center of the explosive article, saying these mistakes are on "rolling stone," not on jackie. the attorney for uva fraternity tells cnn several details in the article are wrong. records show there was no party the night jackie claims she...

Go to the police, she was letting these guys go free to do it again. >> she wasnt even willing to tell people the name of the man she was accusing. this happened a couple years ago. wasnt even willing to tell her friends and others the name of the man that accusing up until recently. and then once that name came out all of these discrepancies started to surface. there was no party on the night she claims she was attacked at the party. there were no pledges at uva during the fall semester. thats ...

This guy wasnt p a fraternity. she said she exited from the party. there is no side staircase. >> yes. >> saying well, the alleged victim didnt want to contact the accused. what is the excuse for checking out no details whatsoever? >> you dont know that. no. you dont. youre investigating a story. take the side of the testimonial. what reporter agrees with that? whether young men being accused of a gang rape? you say sorry, but that is a deal breaker, maam. >> you have to know its true. i blame h...