I don’t think she had a date at all. I think she fabricated a person to make her friend “Randall” jealous. One lie lead to bigger lies to cover up the first lie. She probably had to get dressed up, and pretend to go someplace. She could’ve done anything that night from going to the library, to walking around campus, to hiding in her room by herself after pretending about a date.
She had several hours to concoct a story that made sense to her, to get some attention from her friends. She put her plan into action by calling her friends while in hysterics. I think she faked the entire thing. They said they didn’t find her by the fraternities, that they were about a mile away near other dorms. So two of her friends spent the night with her to comfort her. The next day, “Randall” got a text message from a non-existent date, ie. Jackie herself.
I think Jackie needs professional psychiatric help more than she she needs a lawyer, but at this point, she needs both.
She needs a prison cell. Permanently.