Three graduates sue Rolling Stone magazine over retracted gang rape story

Three university graduates profiled in a debunked account of a gang rape in a retracted Rolling Stone magazine story have filed a lawsuit against the publication and the article’s author.

The three University of Virginia graduates, George Elias IV, Stephen Hadford and Ross Fowler, filed suit in US District Court in New York on Wednesday, court records show. They are also suing Rolling Stone’s publisher, Wenner Media.