University of Georgia 'demands retraction' from AJC story it says includes 'errors,' 'fabrications'

Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com.

Several current and former members of the University of Georgia football program have been emersed in legal troubles, but a recent article focused on one of them "crossed a new line," the school says.

A recent article by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution includes "errors, unsubstantiated allegations, innuendo, and possibly even fabrications," the school said on Tuesday.

The story by Alan Judd, headlined "UGA football program rallies when players accused of abusing women," contains "reckless disregard for the truth and its imposition of a damaging narrative unsupported by the facts," the file says.

Michael M. Raeber, the school's general counsel, says that the article's headline reads that the program "actively supports" "sexual misconduct." The author claims the outlet identified 11 players to remain on the team after reported violent encounters with women and/or the school, but the school says only two were identified by name, and one more was not.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

A general view of Sanford Stadium during the game between the Georgia Bulldogs and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on November 24, 2018 in Athens, Georgia.  (Scott Cunningham/Getty Images)

The university says they made attempts to reach out to Judd and acquire the list of players identified, which he "refused," citing AJC's "policy" not to release "unpublished information." However, the school says they have not been given a copy of the policy, and the outlet is actually going against its own code of ethics.

"Even if such a policy exists, the AJC did publish this information," Raeber said. "Mr. Judd published an entire article