Barstool Sports owner Dave Portnoy said this week that he wants to apologize for his site’s role in peddling a false “vicious rumor” about a college freshman that she says “ruined” her life, acknowledging that he’s also been in talks with the young woman’s attorneys.
Portnoy’s apology comes after ESPN star Pat McAfee briefly touched on the situation, saying he wants to find a “silver lining” weeks after amplifying unsubstantiated internet gossip that Ole Miss student Mary Kate Cornett had slept with her boyfriend’s father.
