THESE MEN HAVE BEEN CRUELLY ABUSED BY UVA PRESIDENT TERESA SULLIVAN, WHO HAS YET TO APOLOGIZE. Washington Post: U-Va. Phi Psi members speak about impact of discredited gang rape allegations.

Phi Psi members, speaking publicly for the first time since the allegations surfaced, told The Washington Post they went into hiding for weeks after their home was vandalized with spray paint calling them rapists and bricks that broke their windows. They booked hotel rooms to avoid the scrum of protestors who marched on their front lawn. They watched as their brotherhood was vilified, coming to symbolize the worst episode of collegiate sexual violence against women since the 2006 Duke University lacrosse team scandal — which also turned out to be false. . . .

After reading the article, Phi Psi leaders scanned archived e-mails and checked bank statements, determining that the fraternity did not host a party on the weekend of Sept. 28, 2012, the night of the alleged attack. They also determined that no Phi Psi members matched the article’s description of the attackers, calling into question one of the main elements of the account.

Most alarming to the members was the idea that a gang rape could be part of a hazing ritual.

“We vehemently deny that it would be plausible as a ritualistic tradition to join our fraternity,” Scipione said. Fontenot added: “It’s animalistic and totally unrealistic.”

But it was believed because it played into feminists’ patriarchal-rape fantasies.