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Woman files $800,000 defamation lawsuit against Virginia student newspaper

A student newspaper is being sued for $800,000 on allegations that the paper published defamatory statements last year about a rape victim.

The complaint was filed April 11 in a state trial court against five staff members at The Remnant, a student newspaper at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va.

The woman suing the newspaper was a victim of rape while visiting the College of William and Mary, according to the complaint.

During the months of April and May 2005, The Remnant published statements about the woman