Its a vicious rumor.

Im sad, and I wish we didnt play any part in it.

The messages have since been deleted.

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Portnoy denied his sites involvement in amplifying the false claim in an interview withRolling Stonepublished on February 27.

The 48-year-old said his employees posted something on their personal socials, but we dont control those.

Its a vicious rumor.

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He said he is planning to pursue mediation.

I think were going to take a stab at mediate.

I dont know what we did legally wrong.

Man in a casual setting petting a dog, related to an apology about a rumor affecting a student.

Its a little different issue, but morally, we were wrong, he admitted.

I was bragging that morally I thought we were right.

That is not what I want to do.

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Its awful, she expressed.

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