I thought there was an unwritten rule that if an anonymous source lied to you, you were no longer required to protect their anonymity. When are they going to identify “Jackie?”
Jackie was such an obvious nut case and fabulist that no one, especially her friends, took her seriously. She was a mentally unbalanced and disturbed woman. Ms. Erdely must have know this. Ms. Erdely, imho, is entirely at fault for airing and embellishing the concoctions of this poor woman. Best to leave her be, I’d say.
She has been identified but not by Rolling Stone. Her real name is Jackie Coakley and she has a history of false rape claims.