Cornell Rape

Jane Doe called frat bro Matthew Ingalls 3 weeks after the alleged gang rape to figure out what exactly went down, and she recorded their tense convo about consent.

During the phone call, Jane reportedly told Ingalls she'd had 10 shots of booze before she got to the Chi Phi house party, but you hear Ingalls suggest the opposite ... telling Doe, "You did tell me you were sober, by the way. You said you hadn't been anywhere."

But, ABC News reports Jane insisted she was out of it, and wondered how so many guys ended up in the room with them, telling Ingalls ... "If I wanted to take this somewhere, what y'all did would be classified as gang rape."

Cornell University was targeted by anonymous activists early Monday morning, with protesters smashing a glass door at Day Hall and spray-painting messages condemning the school over an alleged 2024 Chi Phi fraternity gang rape.

The attack happened around 3 AM, with both panes of the right-hand entrance door shattered and glass strewn across the entryway.

Red paint was splashed across the surrounding walls, reading ... "SMASH THE PATRIARCHY" and "AT CORNELL RAPISTS ARE PROTECTED PROTESTORS ARE EXPELLED."

Cornell University regularly turned a blind eye to frat parties that posed health and safety risks, and after a Cornell University police officer complained ... rather than enforcing its own rules, the University relaxed them.

TMZ has obtained the rules that were in effect up to the end of 2022 ... it says if a fraternity violates the rule by holding an event which poses health and safety risks -- including underage alcohol consumption -- there is a MANDATORY interim suspension while the University investigates. In other words, the fraternity must cease all activities immediately pending the outcome of the investigation.

Furthermore, if the University finds the fraternity violated the rules, there is a MANDATORY MINIMUM 3-YEAR SUSPENSION.

A university in Florida sent a message out to its students after word got out that one of the accused Cornell frat bros is apparently enrolled there.

TMZ confirmed Nova Southeastern University President Harry K. Moon sent a message to students, faculty and staff, saying ... "We are all concerned about reports of serious allegations of sexual abuse that occurred approximately two years ago at another university and may involve a student who later transferred to NSU."

The university insists they're taking the allegations seriously and are prioritizing campus safety, explaining ... "At the time of admission, the university was not aware of allegations subsequently reported in media."

Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert -- whose political legacy was later shattered by revelations he sexually abused students while working as a high school wrestling coach -- has died.

The Kendall County Coroner's Office says Hastert died over the weekend at his Chicago-area home from natural causes. He was 84.

Hastert represented Illinois in Congress for two decades and became Speaker of the House in 1999 ... ultimately serving four terms in the post and becoming the longest-serving Republican speaker at the time.

One of the men accused in the Cornell gang rape lawsuit wants New York Attorney General Letitia James off the case ... arguing she's already picked a side.

Attorney Andrew Miltenberg, who represents one of the 7 fraternity brothers accused in the civil suit, is calling on James to recuse herself from the reopened criminal investigation after she posted a message supporting the accuser.

James wrote that what Jane Doe had "been forced to endure" was "horrific and unacceptable," adding ... "we stand with you."

Some of the frat boys accused in a lawsuit of gang raping a Cornell University student went into "damage control" to try to save their reputations and futures at the Ivy League college, according to ABC News. 

ABC reporters recently reviewed text messages, phone records, and other documents connected to the alleged October 2024 sexual assault of the now-former Cornell student by 7 young men at Chi Phi fraternity house. 

Last month, the ex-student filed her lawsuit against the 7 frat brothers, claiming they drugged her with ketamine and then gang raped her during a night of drug and alcohol debauchery. 

Less than 24 hours before a woman was allegedly drugged with ketamine and gang raped at Cornell's Chi Phi frat house -- someone overdosed on the drug inside the same fraternity.

On Friday, Oct. 18, 2024 ... Chi Phi threw a party before a call was placed in the early hours of the 19th to Cornell University Police Department who found drugs and made a drug-related arrest ... The Cornell Daily Sun reported.

That person was then referred to Cornell’s Office of Student Conduct ... according to the Daily Sun.

The punishments that Cornell University gave to the 7 Chi Phi frat brothers accused of gang rape ranged from immediate expulsion ... to writing a self-reflection essay.

A three-member Title IX panel conducted closed proceedings with the accused over Zoom for nearly two weeks before punishments were doled out ... the New York Times reported.

The harshest punishments were reserved for Matthew Ingalls and Jonathan Newell -- who were both expelled.

The attorney representing the Jane Doe accusing 7 members of the Chi Phi fraternity at Cornell University of drugging and sexually assaulting her is claiming that evidence could have been dumped in a lake for all he knows ... and that there's more video and pics of the alleged gang rape.

Sitting down with CNN's Jake Tapper Sunday ... lawyer Thomas Giuffra raised concerns that crucial evidence -- including additional videos and photos -- was lost because a search warrant was never executed by authorities.

Giuffra said ... "They would have grabbed every single one of these phones of these guys. They would have downloaded all this material. I'm confident, knowing this day and age and the group that we're dealing with, that there were other photos, there were videos."

Cornell University's president delivered a message to students in the wake of accusations that 7 Chi Phi frat brothers allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted a woman ... and personally addressed Jane Doe's account.

In an 8-minute video shared to the university statements page ... Michael Kotlikoff admitted that this had been "one of the most difficult weeks in our history."

Kotlikoff added ... "What happened to Jane Doe in 2024 is deeply disturbing and will weigh heavily on our community for years to come. My heart aches when I think of what she experienced."

The New York Attorney General is now investigating allegations of gang rape at Cornell University, which means some fraternity brothers could become rape defendants ... so based on what we know now, who would win at trial?

Harvey and Mark Geragos have reviewed some of the most salient evidence based on transcripts of the police investigation and other evidence that has surfaced.

They spend half their time on the latest edition of the "2 Angry Men" podcast making the best case for prosecutors, and the other half on how the defendants would try to poke holes in the prosecution's case.

The D.A. who oversaw the alleged Cornell gang rape case denied the chance to review additional evidence during the initial investigation ... according to a new report.

Tompkins District Attorney Matt Van Houten has been adamant that campus police only gave him Jane Doe's sworn statement and a screen grab of the alleged Chi Phi Snapchat messages -- but now it turns out his office turned down the opportunity to review additional statements ... the New York Times reported.

Cornell University Police Department investigator Jeffrey Northrop spoke to a member of the D.A.'s staff, Jeff Huddle, about additional interviews ... according to records obtained by the NYT.

A newly released video taken from inside Cornell's Chi Phi frat house shows the room where Jane Doe says 7 fraternity members drugged and raped her ... and the clip shows the chaotic scene left behind.

In the footage obtained by ABC that was taken after the Cornell chapter was suspended ... trash could be seen littered throughout the room amid cluttered pieces of furniture ... and on one of the tables lay a fentanyl test strip.

The video is downright eerie ... and at one point, the camera panned to a poster of a sorority class.

Debate rages over Jane Doe and the Cornell frat bros ... the question: Will they be charged? Plus, another tragedy for Gypsy Rose Blanchard, Tony Romo sacked at CBS, and Diddy's Bad Boy life in prison. So, we gotta ask ...

One of the men being sued over an alleged 2024 gang rape at Cornell University sued the college last March over the consequences he was hit with for the incident, TMZ has learned, and just days ago he lost his case.

John Doe sued Cornell over the investigation conducted into the alleged rape that took place on October 19, 2024, at the Chi Phi fraternity house.

According to legal docs, Doe says he received the Snapchat message -- "Free P***y" -- and he and one other frat brother went to the room ... he says because they were unsure if the message was a joke or not.

He also says he went there to get a new vape. He says "By no means were we going there to get free p***y." He says when they arrived "Everybody in there seemed fine."