Cornell rape case accuser has received ‘threats’, attorney tells BBC Newsnight
Thomas Giuffra is representing a woman, known in legal documents as Jane Doe, who alleges she was raped at a frat house on campus in 2024.
The woman at the center of an alleged gang rape at Cornell University, known as Jane Doe, has been facing threats to her family home, according to her attorney. The case has sparked renewed questions about how sexual assault allegations are investigated on college campuses and by law enforcement.
Jane Doe reported being raped at Cornell's Chi Phi fraternity house in October 2024. She gave a detailed account of the incident to a university hearing panel in May 2025, alleging that she was raped and tormented by 8-10 fraternity brothers.
The case has rocked the university and started conversations about the treatment of alleged sexual assault on college campuses across the country, with some questioning the university's handling of the investigation. According to ABC News, the Cornell Title IX investigation took place behind closed doors, and the results were not shared with prosecutors in Tompkins County, New York, who had declined to bring charges months earlier.
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