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A Cornell University fraternity member accused in an alleged gang rape claims he was actually "sodomized" by the woman who reported the incident and says the school ignored him as a sexual assault survivor.

Matthew Ingalls, a former Chi Phi fraternity brother, made the claims in a February 2025 email to Cornell's Title IX office, according to documents obtained by ABC News.

Ingalls wrote he was "sodomized by her while [he] was incapacitated" and accused Cornell of gender discrimination for failing to inform him of his rights under the school's sexual misconduct procedures.

Trippie Redd had his South Florida property searched by police ... TMZ has learned.

A Davie Police Department spokesperson tells TMZ ... officers were on scene assisting in serving a search warrant at the rapper's property Tuesday. It's unclear whether the warrant was connected to Trippie or what investigators were looking for.

The City of Miami Police Department is leading the investigation ... we've reached out to Miami PD for more information.

One of Patty Hearst's kidnappers, Bill Harris, has died.

Harris passed away September 10 in San Francisco ... according to The New York Times.

Harris became infamous in 1974 as a top lieutenant of the Symbionese Liberation Army, a radical left wing group that kidnapped Patty from her Berkeley, CA apartment.

Three of Nolan Wells' friends are suing a TikTok creator who allegedly branded them killers.

According to court docs obtained by TMZ, Warren Hudson, Jax Pitalo and Morgan Seymour filed a defamation lawsuit Tuesday in Mississippi against Sandra L. Butler, who allegedly runs the TikTok account "gods_bestgirl" and identifies herself as "Royalty."

The three men claim Butler repeatedly accused them of killing Wells aboard a boat on July 4, fleeing the scene, tampering with his phone and lying to cover up the alleged crime.

One of Andrew Tate's accusers claims she was forced to perform a sex act on a bed knob for an hour ... while working at his alleged webcam operation in Romania.

According to court docs, obtained by TMZ, the woman says Andrew convinced her to move to Romania in 2017 after telling her she could choose whether she wanted to do webcam work.

She claims that all changed once she got there ... the woman says she was working 12-hour shifts while Andrew, his brother Tristan Tate, and others controlled the chats and accepted money for sex acts she hadn't agreed to.

The executor of Michael Jackson’s estate revealed the millions spent on the late pop star’s children in 2024 ... TMZ has learned.

TMZ obtained the yearly accounting report submitted by executor John Branca, who runs Michael’s estate. The docs detail the expenses and profits made throughout the year.

The beneficiaries of his estate are MJ’s kids, Prince, Paris, and Bigi, and his mom, Katherine.

Jayson Williams' estranged wife, Tanya Young Williams, claims the former NBA All-Star owes hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid child support ... TMZ has learned.

Tanya filed for divorce Monday in New York after 17 years of legal limbo, according to court records obtained by TMZ.

When contacted for comment, the "Basketball Wives LA" star told TMZ ... Jayson provided no financial support for their daughters from his 2010 imprisonment through his 2012 release. She says payments began only after their 2015 settlement, but stopped after two years, leaving him "hundreds of thousands of dollars in arrears."

Aaron Paul's breaking up his real estate portfolio for a big-time payment ... because he's finally unloaded his Los Angeles estate for nearly $7.5 million.

The actor has finally sold his place ... more than one year after he initially put it on the market for around $10 million.

The home is the famous Seyler House -- one of the most storied estates in Los Angeles, sitting just below Griffith Park.

Dennis Haskins died from Parkinson's disease ... TMZ has learned.

TMZ obtained the "Saved by the Bell" actor's death certificate from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, which lists Parkinson's disease as the immediate cause of death.

The certificate shows Dennis died September 27 at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank.

Eva Marie Saint, the Oscar-winning actress best known for "North by Northwest" and "On the Waterfront," is dead.

Saint died of natural causes Tuesday at her home in Los Angeles, according to the New York Times.

Saint won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Edie Doyle in 1954's "On the Waterfront," opposite Marlon Brando. The film won eight Oscars, including Best Picture, Actor and Director.

Can you guess which actress was nippin' out after running a half-marathon in Spain?!

This actress is best known for her roles in "Zombieland" and "Aquaman" ... though she later went on to meet her ex-husband in the film "The Rum Diary."

After a public court battle with that same ex-husband ... she ditched the United States for Spain, where she currently resides while raising her children.

Drake's rep is ripping apart rumors that he fathered a child with a fellow music star and longtime friend ... calling them complete and total BS.

Here's the deal ... singer-songwriter Keshia Chanté shared her pregnancy Tuesday in an article with the outlet Hello! -- glowing in a maternity shoot and revealing she's having a baby boy.

Keshia wouldn't say who the father is ... though she implied on social media he's in the music industry ... and it didn't take long for Drake's name to get dragged into things.

Christa Pike is awake and talking after surviving Tennessee's botched attempt to execute her last week ... her attorneys told TMZ Tuesday.

Pike remains hospitalized in Nashville, where her lawyers say she's still receiving critical care after suffering severe damage to her arms. Despite the improvement, they say her prognosis remains unclear, and she's facing a long recovery.

We're told her legal team plans to see and speak with her this evening.

Andrew Tate allegedly had some seriously disturbing material on his devices ... including extreme porn depicting sex acts with a horse and an eel ... according to newly filed court docs obtained by TMZ.

The allegations are laid out in a massive filing connected to the UK's effort to extradite Tate from the U.S. ... and things get pretty dark.

British authorities allege Tate possessed explicit images depicting people having sex with live animals -- specifically a horse and an eel -- along with other extreme porn showing acts likely to cause serious genital injuries.

Car locks may soon become a bare necessity up in Montana ... because a black bear broke into a car yet again up in Big Sky Country ... and the critter crime is on video.

We've got fresh footage out of Whitefish ... which shows the creeping creature walk up to a door -- yank it open and hop in.

As you can see, the bear paws around inside the car for a bit before hopping out -- apparently having its hopes of a midnight snack dashed.

A U.S. Marine falsely linked to the Cornell gang rape lawsuit is fighting to get the mistake wiped from the court docket ... after claiming the error led to death threats against his family ... TMZ has learned.

According to a new court filing, obtained by TMZ, Sgt. Matthew Ingalls is asking a New York judge to strike the original court document that wrongly included his family's address -- or at least redact the bad information.

As TMZ previously reported, Ingalls shares the same name as one of the seven men accused in the Cornell sexual assault lawsuit ... but he's got absolutely nothing to do with the case.