Rolling Stone has filed a lengthy response to the $7.5 million suit filed against the publication by University of Virginia Associate Dean of Students Nicolle Eramo.

Eramo claims the rolling Stone story, “A Rape on Campus: A Brutal Assault and Struggle for Justice at UVA,” portrays her as “the chief villain.”

The story about the rape couldn’t be confirmed and the magazine pulled it.

In its response, Rolling Stone said it did take efforts to investigate the student’s claims — and was, in fact, steered to the woman, called “Jackie” in the story, by the school.

The magazine defends Sabrina Rubin Erdely, the journalist who wrote the story.