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The wrong person was identified in the Cornell gang rape lawsuit, and his mother's home address became public record ... and now she says their family is being flooded with death threats ... and he's not even a Cornell student -- he's a United States Marine!!!

Sergeant Matthew Ingalls -- who serves in Camp Lejeune in North Carolina and has never gone to Cornell -- is not the Matthew Ingalls accused in Jane Doe's sexual assault lawsuit ... but somehow he was misidentified as Jane Doe's alleged rapist ... and now his family says they're paying the price.

The Marine's mother, Victoria Ingalls, told The Free Press that she and the rest of her family have been subject to non-stop harassment and death threats ever since she was mistakenly served with the lawsuit and their home address was added to the official court docket.

Online vigilantes began searching for "Matthew Ingalls" as soon as the lawsuit was filed ... and they found the address and posted it online, along with a phone number ... completely unaware that the wrong Matthew Ingalls was identified.

Christa Pike is still alive after 2 attempted lethal injections in Tennessee.

Around 8:26 p.m. local time, witnesses said “executioners had injected both syringes of lethal injection chemicals and Pike is still alive and snoring” ... her lawyers said in a federal court filing, according to NBC News.

Pike was scheduled to be put to death Wednesday after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for Tennessee to carry out her execution ... overturning a last-minute stay from a federal appeals court.

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has halted the remaining executions this year ... after an attempt to put Christa Pike to death was botched.

In the wake of the failed execution attempts, Lee ordered "a comprehensive, third-party review" to determine what went wrong ... according to AP News.

He added in his statement ... "Carrying out a lawfully imposed sentence is among the state's most serious responsibilities, and the people of Tennessee expect it to be done in a manner that is not only legal and constitutional, but is effective."

Courtney Stodden is celebrating after Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill banning child marriage in California ... and she's giving him a very personal nickname.

Newsom signed AB 1267 in his office Wednesday. The law bans child marriage in California by setting the minimum age for marriage and domestic partnerships at 18.

The governor called the legislation "a long overdue measure to protect young Californians and minors," adding ... "Today, California kids are safer than ever before."

Tennessee can move forward with convicted murderer Christa Pike's execution, the Supreme Court has ruled.

On Wednesday, the court decided to lift the stay of execution that had been ordered just an hour before her lethal injection. Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented.

Pike's lawyers were trying to get her sentence changed to life in prison, arguing that her attorneys had failed to present her history of sexual abuse and mental health conditions. That's why her execution was paused just an hour before her scheduled lethal injection.

Timothy Busfield is trying to line up some unlikely support in his child sex abuse case ... parents of other child actors who worked on the show "The Cleaning Lady" ... TMZ has learned.

According to new court docs, obtained by TMZ, Busfield wants several parents with ties to the show available to testify as he fights to get his indictment tossed ... butting heads with prosecutors, who are trying to exclude witnesses from an upcoming hearing on his motion to dismiss.

And the parents aren't alone on his witness list ... Busfield's team also named several crew members from the series ... including a director of photography, a hair and makeup worker, a line producer, a COVID nurse, and a stand-in actor ... who the defense says are ready to testify in the case.

Bill Cosby allegedly failed to show up for a deposition in a civil lawsuit he's facing ... and his legal adversaries are telling the judge it's the third one he's missed ... and they want him to face some serious consequences.

According to legal documents filed by the lawyers for several women who are suing the disgraced actor and comedian, Bill was scheduled to be deposed from September 22 to September 24 ... but they say Cosby unilaterally canceled on September 21 ... despite receiving proper notice of the dates he was to be deposed.

They claim this is the third time they've had dates set for a deposition that Cosby's team has called off at the last minute ... citing an instance in April and another in June. 

And now the plaintiffs are asking the court to hit him with serious sanctions or, at the very least, an order blocking him from testifying so he "cannot benefit from his delay tactics."

Cornell has agreed to an independent investigation that will look into the way the University handled the alleged 2024 gang rape of a female student.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul called for the probe, and she tells ABC News the Ivy League school is on board.

She told the outlet ... "I wanted to make sure they knew how important this was, and they absolutely agreed. And they're acting on this this afternoon."

Hochul says the point of the investigation is to determine whether or not the University did all it could to protect its student.

New York Times executive Jonathan McKinsey's in-laws allegedly ambushed him and unloaded 2 guns, fatally shooting him in front of some kids.

Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen were charged with murder on Wednesday and -- according to The California Post -- charging documents claim they purposely planned the ambush-style attack.

They reportedly took off in their Honda Civic after gunning down McKinsey ... but witnesses helped police identify and stop their car.

Sia can buy a whole lot of new chandeliers, because she's parting ways with half of her music catalog and getting a hefty sum for all those hits ... TMZ has learned.

According to docs we obtained, Sia sold a 50% stake in her catalogue to the entertainment and investment company Pophouse for a total of $180 million -- but, the economics of the sale are slightly complicated by her recent divorce from Daniel Bernad.

According to the docs, Sia gets a payout of $165 million for the songs she penned before she got married to Dan -- including hits like "Chandelier," "Titanium" and "Cheap Thrills" -- and he's agreed to waive any rights to that dough, if Sia gives him $1 million.

Sara Gilson had multiple bruises and abrasions in addition to the gunshot wound that killed her ... TMZ has learned.

According to her autopsy report obtained by TMZ, the Oklahoma Chief Medical Examiner documented bruising around Sara's right eye, as well as contusions on her arms, buttocks, legs and knees. She also had abrasions on her right elbow and knee.

As we reported, Sara’s cause of death was ruled a gunshot wound to the head, and the manner of death was ruled homicide. Her toxicology screen was negative.

Christa Pike is a cold-blooded murderer who should be put to death ... at least according to prosecutors fighting her request to pump the brakes on her scheduled execution.

According to court docs, obtained by TMZ, the feds are asking the court to deny Christa's recent request to send her case to another court for further proceedings about whether she received ineffective assistance of counsel at her sentencing … but prosecutors insist this is just another effort to relitigate a previously rejected claim.

In their filing, the prosecutors make their position clear, writing, "On January 12, 1995, Christa Gail Pike beat, tortured, and killed Colleen Slemmer because Pike 'just felt mean that day.'"

They go on ... "Pike cut Colleen's throat six times, struck her in the back with a meat cleaver, and crushed her skull with a piece of asphalt."

Cornell's Chi Phi fraternity moved quickly to dismiss multiple frat bros accused of sexual assault ... kicking them out days after their fellow student went to police in 2024 ... at least according to a fraternity executive.

Trey Robb, the interim executive director of Chi Phi's national organization, told the New York Times that the Cornell chapter unanimously voted to dismiss the members just 3 days after Jane Doe made a sworn statement to police.

Those members were later expelled from Chi Phi's national group.

However ... a source told the publication that only 4 members were kicked out ... and that the fraternity only knew about 4 accused at the time.

Paramount is officially over its last hurdle for its Warner Bros. merger ... thanks to a California judge.

On Wednesday, the judge approved the studio's settlement with California and several other states ... so it's free to move forward with the $111 billion takeover, according to multiple reports.

Paramount and the states reached a settlement last week, which would require the merged company to create an editorial board to oversee both CBS News and CNN.

Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike was supposed to be executed this morning ... but her execution was paused just an hour before her scheduled lethal injection.

According to a court notice obtained by PEOPLE, Pike was granted a stay "until further order" by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

The court reportedly said it needed time to consider Pike's latest filing, where her attorneys claim the state had reversed its position that she'd fabricated her claims of sexual abuse.

A shocking twist in the Cornell rape investigation ... the D.A. says campus police never forwarded the alleged victim's full statement, which reportedly included her statement, "I can say with 100% confidence, I was raped."

CBS News obtained the transcript of Jane Doe's interview with the Cornell Campus Police during its investigation in November, 2024. During the interview, she also says at some point she was "completely and totally incapacitated."

Tompkins County D.A. Matthew Van Houten says he never saw the full transcript of her 2-day interview with Campus Police ... he only saw the results of the investigation, which included a summary in which campus cops say she told them the encounter with the fraternity members was voluntary, conscious and consensual.