Three University of Virginia graduates have brought a defamation suit in the Southern District against Rolling Stone, asserting the magazine’s now-retracted article about an alleged gang rape at a campus fraternity had a devastating effect on their reputation.

The article, published in Rolling Stone’s December 2014 issue, reported on an alleged rape at a Phi Kappa Psi house at the University of Virginia. In April, Rolling Stone retracted the article, and Will Dana, the magazine’s managing editor, issued an apology. Dana recently announced his departure from the magazine.

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