Dave Portnoy says Barstool was ‘morally’ wrong for spreading ‘vicious rumor’ that ‘ruined’ Ole Miss freshman’s life - ‘Morally we were wrong,’ Dave Portnoy said. ‘I was bragging that morally I thought we were right.

The founder of Barstool Sports wants to apologize to the college freshman who was the victim of a false viral rumor amplified by two personalities affiliated with the popular sports site, he said Thursday.

Dave Portnoy is apologetic and making immediate changes at Barstool Sports. The 48-year-old founder is accepting his company's role in perpetuating a false rumor about University of Mississippi freshman Mary Kate Cornett. "It's a vicious rumor,” Portnoy told NBC News on April 10. “I’m sad, and I wish we didn’t play any part in it.”