COURT FILES

TRUTH OR DARE: The drug education group DARE is suing Rolling Stone magazine
for $50 million, alleging that a critical article written by disgraced whiz
kid journalist Stephen Glass was more fiction than factnot to mention
libelous.

Glass, who has admitted that he never let the facts get in the way of a good
story, accused the Culver Citybased Drug Abuse Resistance Education program
in a March 1998 piece of engaging in intimidation or criminal acts to
"silence critics, suppress scientific research and punish nonbelievers."

The suit, filed by attorney Skip Miller, accuses Rolling Stone managing
editor Robert Love of ordering up a "derogatory" story on DARE to carry out
editor Jann Wenner's "ongoing efforts to discredit antidrug organizations
and promote legalization of drugs."

Glass, 27, was not named in this suit, which was filed shortly after he
answered DARE lawyers' questions about Rolling Stone's factchecking
procedures to settle the group's $10million suit against him. Glass is now
studying law at Georgetown and could not be reached.

DARE was cofounded by former Los Angeles Police Chief Darryl F. Gates and a
former LAPD deputy chief, Glenn Levant, who now heads the organization.

Rolling Stone editors responded: "We believe Rolling Stone acted responsibly
at all times, and we are confident that the magazine will be vindicated."