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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."

Christa Pike's courtroom battle produced one surprisingly hopeful clue about her recovery ... she wants her iPad back, a telling clue about her brain function.

Los Angeles Magazine reporter Lauren Conlin joined Jakson on TMZ's "In The Know" Wednesday and said that detail jumped out at her ... if Pike wants to message friends, family and her attorneys, Conlin thinks that's a good sign she may not be dealing with the severe brain damage many feared.

Conlin also says Wednesday's preservation order is a big deal ... because Pike's lawyers want the actual pentobarbital from the failed execution tested.

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.

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.

Air Canada and Delta passengers are facing delays after their planes made contact on the tarmac at LAX ... and it looks like the Air Canada aircraft took the brunt of it.

Photos obtained by TMZ show a massive gash in the right horizontal stabilizer of the Air Canada plane after Tuesday's alarming collision.

A passenger on the Delta flight tells TMZ ... the plane was taxiing for departure when its left wing clipped the tail of the Air Canada aircraft, which was being towed to the gate. We're told passengers felt a big jolt before the plane came to an abrupt stop, but no one onboard was injured.

11:57 AM PT -- TMZ has obtained video of the incident.

The American Airlines passenger who allegedly took off her underwear and jeans to masturbate on a flight pressed her legs against the window and moaned as she pleasured herself ... at least according to the man sitting in front of her.

According to a witness statement to police, obtained by TMZ, Katy Inzer was seated behind a husband and wife aboard an AA flight from Baltimore to Miami on September 11 when the husband heard "strange loud moaning sounds" coming from the row behind him.

The man told police when he spun around and saw a half-naked Inzer pleasuring herself with her legs against the window.

Protesters crammed Cornell's campus in full support of the ex-student who claims she was gang-raped by a bunch of frat boys ... with demonstrators chanting, "support survivors, expel rapists"... and it's all on video.

Footage shows an army of Cornell students demonstrating against the 7 Chi Phi fraternity brothers accused of drugging a woman with ketamine and then gang-raping her in their frat house in October 2024.

Last month, the woman -- a former Cornell student -- filed a lawsuit against the 7 frat brothers, identifying them by name as the men who allegedly had their way with her.

During Monday's demonstration, Cornell students flocked to the campus plaza, the main administration building, and the student center to protest how the university and authorities are handling the woman's allegations.

The law firm that successfully represented Diddy against the most serious charges is now representing one of the Cornell frat bros accused in the Jane Doe case ... TMZ has learned.

The Agnifilo firm -- of Marc and Karen fame -- has signed on to the case ... sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ.

The partner who is handling the case is Teny Geragos, who has famously repped some high-profile defendants, including Diddy and Harvey Weinstein. FYI, she got a New York rape charge against Weinstein dismissed.

A lawyer for one of the Cornell fraternity brothers being sued over the alleged gang rape blasted the university during the investigation back in 2025 ... TMZ has learned.

TMZ obtained an alleged email, dated May 16, 2025, from an attorney named Jeremy Saland -- who represented one of the accused men -- to Cornell officials as part of the Title IX probe.

In the letter, Jeremy claimed one of the panel members who decided the consequences for his client was distracted and driving during one witness’ testimony. He said he asked for the hearing to be adjourned for the day, but his request was denied.

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."

Nolan Wells' family is turning up the pressure on authorities ... calling once again for the FBI and DOJ to step in and investigate the 18-year-old's mysterious death ... 93 days after he passed.

Attorney Ben Crump joined join Nolan's parents and Stop AAPI Hate Executive Director Cynthia Choi at a news conference Monday in Inglewood, California.

His mother Christine Wells-Wonsley and father Elmore Wonsley renewed demands for a federal investigation into what happened to Nolan, who disappeared during a Fourth of July boating trip to Horn Island in Mississippi and was found dead two days later.

A cyclist has died after colliding with a dog in Central Park on Monday, according to authorities.

An NYPD source tells TMZ ... they got a call a little after 8 a.m. about a bicyclist who'd been struck at 84th Street and East Drive.

They tell us the 71-year-old man was riding his bike with a helmet on when he hit an off-leash dog ... falling to the ground.