Justin Cornett, Mary Kate Cornett’s father, admonished McAfee for the damage his promotion of the online rumor has already had on his daughter and the rest of their family in the NBC News interview.

"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 ...

There isn’t a clear reason for why Mary Kate Cornett, a normal Ole Miss student previously without any kind of public profile, became an internet punching bag seemingly overnight. But any ...

Houston-native Mary Kate Cornett is considering taking legal action against sports media giant ESPN and personality Pat McAfee, according to a recent report by The Athletic. On Feb. 25 ...

Mary Kate Cornett, a student at Ole Miss, faced a difficult situation. A rumour spread online, and Pat McAfee discussed it on his show. Cornett expressed her disappointment with McAfee's actions.

Mary Kate Cornett, a then-18-year-old student at the University of Mississippi, moved into emergency campus housing not long after sports talk show host Pat McAfee, whose ESPN show has 2.8 million ...

Mary Kate Cornett says “no one” has apologized for spreading a salacious rumor about her online. Cornett, who is a freshman at Ole Miss, claimed that the rumor was spread by ESPN host Pat ...

Mary Kate Cornett, an 18-year-old student at the University of Mississippi, has spoken out publicly for the first time since a false and unsubstantiated rumour involving her went viral in February.

Pat McAfee broke his silence on the Mary Kate Cornett situation Wednesday at his "Big Night Aht," a week after he was accused of recklessly amplifying false rumors about the Ole Miss freshman's ...

Mary Kate Cornett, a college freshman, has accused Pat McAfee of amplifying an unverified rumour about her on his show, drawing criticism despite McAfee's statement expressing his aversion to ...