Mary Kate Cornett, an 18-year-old Ole Miss student, is taking legal action against ESPN's Pat McAfee for spreading false rumors about an affair, leading to harassment and ruining her life.

Pat McAfee's joke about an unsubstantiated rumor on his ESPN show led to severe harassment and public shaming of 18-year-old Mary Kate Cornett. The spread of the false story caused significant ...

Mary Kate Cornett continued to fight back against the people she feels helped amplify the vile internet rumor that she said “ruined” her life. The Ole Miss freshman became internet fodder ...

"The people that did this to her and her boyfriend and his dad deserve what they have coming to them," said Mary Kate Cornett's dad Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE.

Mary Kate Cornett, a University of Mississippi student who became the center of an unsubstantiated viral rumor in February, is no longer staying silent. The Ole Miss student and her family are now ...

University of Mississippi student Mary Kate Cornett said she has “no idea” how a false internet rumor alleging she slept with her boyfriend’s father that went viral in February originated.

Mary Kate Cornett, a University of Mississippi student who became the center of an unsubstantiated viral rumor in February, is continuing to speak out about the incident, which she says has ...

ESPN personality Pat McAfee is under fire for something he said about a female student at Ole Miss. In February, there was a rumor spreading around online about Ole Miss freshman Mary Kate Cornett.