The magazine has argued in court papers that there is no evidence that Erdely acted with actual malice in the story and that the jury erred in finding that the story had been republished.

The magazine's story said that a female student identified only as "Jackie" was gang raped at a university fraternity. Rolling Stone retracted the story and a police investigation found no evidence to support Jackie's claims.

Eramo accused the magazine of portraying her as the story's villain and as being focused on hushing up sexual assault reports.

Conrad has not indicated when he might issue his ruling http://webcenters.netscape.compuserve.com/news/us/story/0002/201702...