Jurors awarded $3 million in damages on Monday to the University of Virginia administrator who sued Rolling Stone magazine for defaming her in an incendiary story about campus rape.

The jury in federal court in Charlottesville, Va., had found last week that Rolling Stone publisher Wenner Media and writer Sabrina Erdely were liable for the defamation of Nicole Eramo, a former associate dean of students, in the 2014 story “A Rape on Campus.”

Eramo was seeking $7.5 million in damages.

She claimed the since-discredited story cast her as the “chief villain” who was indifferent to gang-rape allegations made by a student identified only as Jackie.

Her lawyer, Tom Clare, said Monday that while she got another post at the school, she lost her “dream job” as an associate dean.

Rolling Stone attorney David Paxton told jurors their Friday verdict was “tough medicine” but urged them not to award a large sum to send a message.

He noted Eramo still had a job at the school and even got a raise.