Jackson Json newline issue

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Using Jackson 2 generate a simple json (which gives back pretty print json 
as return).
2. Example : Ping health response is : "{\n   \"status\" : \"Success\",\n   
\"pong\" : 1\n}" - which is valid JSON but
looks like rest-assured doesn't like it?
3. I get this error : Caused by: groovy.json.JsonException: A JSON payload 
should start with an openning curly brace '{' or an openning square bracket '['.
Instead, '"{
   "status" : "Success",
   "pong" : 1
}"' was found on line: 1, column: 1

when I try to assert : assertEquals("Success", 
from(response).getString("status"));

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Rest Assured version 1.8.1, Jackson 2.2.3 running on Mac.

Please provide any additional information below.
using Spring rest template to make http calls - not sure if it matters.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by arun0...@gmail.com on 2 Nov 2013 at 12:49

djangid / rest-assured

Jackson Json newline issue #261