Cornell Rape

A man who tried to out the Cornell Jane Doe went nuclear on the Ithaca Common Council ... and his rant is on video.

Michael Tracey -- who previously asked his X followers to identify the former Cornell student accusing 7 frat bros of drugging and sexually assaulting her -- launched into his diatribe Wednesday night as the council got ready to vote on a temporary moratorium on event permits for Cornell and its affiliated organizations.

According to the Cornell Daily Sun, Tracey tried to propose a motion to reconsider after the council didn't name him as one of the public commenters at the meeting.

Mayor Robert Cantelmo responded, saying ... "You're definitely not eligible to make motions."

8:54 AM -- We obtained the dispatch call tied to the swatting incident, and you hear the dispatcher say cops determined there was "nothing going on."

The woman at the center of the "Cornell 7" gang rape case was the victim of a "swatting" incident this week, prompting heavily armed police to respond to her home and causing concern for her and her family ... according to her lawyer.

Her attorney, Thomas Giuffra, told CNN's Kaitlan Collins Wednesday night that his client -- known as Jane Doe -- was still reeling from Tuesday night's swatting incident that brought law enforcement officers to her doorstep with their guns drawn.

Giuffra said Doe's family filed a police report detailing what happened ... according to the report, a person called 911 claiming a man had shot his mother to death before turning the gun on his sister ... they gave cops her address, but the info was totally bogus.

An attorney for one of the men accused in the Cornell 7 rape case is asking a judge to officially block New York Attorney General Letitia James from running the criminal investigation ... claiming her public comments create an appearance of bias.

Gillio Lopes' attorneys filed a petition Wednesday, asking the court to void Governor Kathy Hochul's appointment of James as special prosecutor or limit her personal involvement in the case.

According to court docs obtained by TMZ, James posted on the New York Attorney General's official social media September 28 ... just a few days before her appointment saying the alleged victim's experience was "horrific and unacceptable" and that she stood with her and "all survivors."

The former Cornell student who says seven Chi Phi fraternity brothers drugged and raped her claims folks are pressuring her to drop her civil lawsuit ... and they're threatening violence and even death.

According to the New York Post, Jane Doe has been hit with a barrage of threatening calls and texts since filing suit last month ... including gun violence threats against her family.

One alleged message reads, "Can't guarantee you'll be safe."

Another warns her to "withdraw the case" if she cares about her family ... and threatens, "Would you like to see [redacted]'s brains in front of [redacted]?"

The Jane Doe who says she was gang-raped by several members of Cornell's Chi Phi fraternity in 2024 says she felt "prostituted" during the alleged incident.

The former student made the comment to a Cornell panel several months after the alleged October 2024 sexual assault ... according to the transcript obtained by ABC News.

Jane Doe said, "I was prostituted, and I was held up like bait for a gaggle of men. I remember a dark room with shadows of men in and out constantly. And I remember feeling like there was a joke and I was not in on it."

An American Airlines passenger was a little too excited about air travel ... allegedly going to town on herself mid-flight ... and even putting her legs on a window for more leverage in a nasty incident caught on camera.

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Two Cornell University frat brothers who were in the house the night of the alleged gang rape, but are not accused of participating, told cops they heard everything that went down with Jane Doe was consensual.

Gillio Lopes -- one of the defendants named in Jane Doe's lawsuit alleging she was gang raped at a Cornell University fraternity -- has no plans to drop out of the Ivy League school despite a recent confrontation on campus.

The student's attorney, Andrew Miltenberg, tells TMZ ... Gillio plans to continue attending classes and earn his Cornell degree.

Miltenberg points out Cornell already punished Gillio ... he was suspended for three semesters and placed on probation for two years following the Title IX investigation for allegedly having sex with Jane Doe without her consent.

One female Cornell student told investigators that Chi Phi fraternity brothers got together to get their stories straight ... and then they told her what happened with Jane Doe was a "consensual orgy" and instructed her not to spread it around campus.

According to ABC News, the student told campus police that the boys said the alleged incident would be "bad for our image" ... and that's why they wanted her to keep quiet.

The student reportedly told campus police she had also heard the fraternity held a meeting to get all the brothers on the same page about what went down.

We now have permission to post the email a Cornell University police officer sent to higher-ups back on November 9, 2022, and it shows how frustrated he is that the administration is turning a blind eye to fraternity misdeeds.

The email was sent 2 years before the alleged sexual assault on Jane Doe. We obtained it from sources connected to Cornell's administration.

The officer makes it clear ... if certain rules regarding fraternities are violated -- including underage drinking and unsanctioned events -- there is a MANDATORY suspension.

Chi Phi frat bros banded together after 7 brothers were accused of drugging and gang-raping a fellow Cornell student in 2024 ... telling investigators on camera they heard the sex was all consensual.

In never-before-seen video obtained by ABC News, you see Cornell University police grilling two members of Chi Phi in the weeks after the alleged October 2024 gang rape at their frat house ... asking them how they knew it was consensual.

The Chi Phi brothers claim they were present in the house that night but did not have sex with the Jane Doe ... and one says, "What people were saying was that there was like multiple consenting adults in this room."

Megyn Kelly is torching Olivia Rodrigo for backing Jane Doe in her lawsuit against the alleged gang rapists known as the Cornell 7, telling the pop star to "shut up and stick to singing."

Megyn went scorched earth on Olivia during a recent episode of "The Megyn Kelly Show" ... after Olivia voiced support for the former Cornell student who filed a civil lawsuit claiming 7 Cornell frat boys plied her with ketamine and then gang raped her at Chi Phi fraternity house.

The Grammy Award-winning singer wrote, "Shame on Cornell and on every institution who protects rapists and abusers over women. I stand with Jane Doe."

The University of Arizona has suspended activities at a slew of its fraternities while investigating accusations of misconduct by their members, TMZ has confirmed.

Chrissy Lieberman, the Dean of Students, penned a letter saying all 21 Interfraternity Chapters at the university received an immediate action notice of an interim activities suspension due to multiple alleged violations.

According to the letter, obtained by TMZ, the fraternities on suspension include Zeta Beta Tau, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Sigma Chi, Phi Delta Theta, Theta Xi, and Phi Gamma Delta.

The attorney for the woman accusing seven former Cornell University Chi Phis members of gang rape claims the fraternity held meetings to cover up the alleged assault.

Jane Doe's attorney, Thomas Giuffra, told CNN's Anderson Cooper Tuesday the fraternity members allegedly tried to figure out whether Jane was gathering information about the incident. Once they realized she would not accept their version of events, Giuffra claims, they backed off.

Giuffra alleges fraternity members held meetings to coordinate their response and keep the alleged rape from becoming public.

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.

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.

The alleged Cornell gang rape case could face the same problem that hung over Johnny Depp and Amber Heard ... millions of people making up their minds before a jury ever does.

Journalism professor Jeffrey Blevins joined us on "TMZ Live" Tuesday and said the social media frenzy surrounding the case could make finding a truly unbiased jury a major challenge.

Blevins, who teaches at the University of Cincinnati, says traditional media tends to stick closer to the legal questions -- things like New York law, intoxication and consent -- while social media is far more personal and emotional.