UPDATE: According to the Associated Press, Charlottesville police claim they were unable to verify that an assault took place because of insufficient evidence:
Police Chief Timothy Longo said during a news conference Monday that police could not confirm that a rape occurred at any fraternity house. The Rolling Stone article described the gang rape of a student identified only as "Jackie" at a Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house in 2012.
Jackie did not cooperate with investigators.
Still, police acknowledge that this lack of evidence "doesn't mean something terrible" didn't occure.
Local police are expected to release the findings of a dig into the reported gang rape which took place at a University of Virginia fraternity house and triggered a controversial Rolling Stone article.
The New York Times reports that the Charlottesville Police Department will likely release the report today. What's more, the Times adds that officials at the University of Virginia say they have not seen the report, but "[look] forward" to learning what police have ultimately determined. This comes after last November's Rolling Stone article chronicled the school's alleged mishandling of a gang rape said to have taken place at a Phi Kappa Psi house back in 2012. The piece has since been invalidated.
According to the Times, Rolling Stone says an internal review will be published in the coming weeks. The university has since been forced fraternities to adhere to strict guidelines when throwing parties:
At the university, officials have required fraternities to agree to new rules for parties: Beer kegs are not permitted, security workers must be present, and at least three fraternity members in attendance must be sober.
At a meeting of the university’s Board of Visitors last month, the school’s president, Teresa A. Sullivan, detailed a list of steps she was taking to change the social culture of the school and to improve safety on the campus, which students call the Grounds. She and other officials said the university had been unfairly tarnished.
[via New York Times]
