What Jane Doe told Cornell hearing panel about alleged 2024 gang rape
Seven months after the Cornell student known as Jane Doe said she was gang raped in a frat house, she gave her account of the incident to a hearing panel, records show.
Jane Doe testified before a Cornell University hearing panel about an alleged gang rape that occurred at the school's Chi Phi fraternity house in October 2024. She alleged that she was raped and tormented by 8-10 fraternity brothers during the incident. Doe claimed she was prostituted and held up like bait for the men, who she said did not even realize what they were doing.
Some of the men testified that the sexual encounter was consensual, while others argued that they were only present in the room without participating in the drug use or sexual acts. Doe acknowledged gaps in her memory and sought to explain her initially friendly communications with the men after the incident, which she believed were due to shock and her desire to make everything okay.
The Cornell Title IX investigation into the incident took place behind closed doors, and the results were not shared with prosecutors in Tompkins County, who had declined to bring charges. The seven men accused in the incident have denied all wrongdoing, and Jane Doe has filed a civil suit against them.
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