Cornell University has been engulfed in controversy after a woman accused seven fraternity brothers of a horrific gang rape in a bombshell lawsuit.
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The woman, identified only as Jane Doe, claimed she was coerced into taking drugs and sexually assaulted by seven members of the Chi Phi fraternity at an off-campus house in 2024.
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The incident sparked outrage on the Ivy League campus at the time but failed to make national news, as prosecutors decided not to bring charges.
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Prosecutors determined there was 'insufficient evidence' to bring criminal sexual assault charges, and said the accuser was 'voluntary, conscious, and consensual' throughout the night.
But authorities have since reopened the case and appointed a special prosecutor to investigate Jane Doe's claims after her lawsuit.
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The seven men have denied the allegations against them, and one even claimed he had been too drunk to attack Jane Doe – and even suggested that she was the one who assaulted him.
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Here, the Daily Mail looks at all the text messages and phone calls between the so-called 'Cornell 7' and Jane Doe.
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Cornell University has been engulfed in controversy after a woman accused seven fraternity brothers of a horrific gang rape in a bombshell lawsuit
One of the men allegedly posted to the fraternity's active-members Snapchat group saying that there was 'free p***y' upstairs, referring to Doe, according to the filing, which included an image of the purported chat
October 19-20, 2024:
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The night of the alleged assault
Jane Doe claimed her night began with underage drinking at several bars with sorority sisters before she was then invited to an afterparty at the Chi Phi fraternity house, and she 'stumbled alone' to meet up with her friend, Matthew Ingalls.
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She said she then agreed to have sex with Ingalls and another man, but alleged that she was pressured to snort ketamine and smoke marijuana as she became heavily intoxicated.
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Jane Doe alleged that she became disoriented as other men joined in, all while the men sent a message to the Chi Phi Snapchat group to say there was 'free p***y upstairs' in an invite for others to enter the room as well.
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The messages also allegedly included an invitation to 'walk in and whip it out,' the lawsuit claims.
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Alongside Ingalls, the other Chi Phi fraternity brothers Jane Doe named in her civil lawsuit are Jonathan Newell, Winston Lee, Gillio Lopes, Diego Sarabia, Scott Norris and Scott Kretzschmar.
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Jane Doe's texts with Jonathan Newell
The next day, October 21, Jane Doe received a text message from Newell, according to documents from a university review of the accusations that The New York Times obtained.
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He then said that both he and Ingalls felt terrible for being too intoxicated to 'shut it down and kick people out before it got way out of hand.'
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Jane Doe replied: 'At the end of the day, none of the sexual stuff was illegal, and honestly I really liked being w u and Matt.'
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The seven men have denied the allegations against them, and one even claimed he had been too drunk to attack Jane Doe
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On October 23, 2023, Jane Doe texted Ingalls, the friend who had invited her to the Chi Phi house: 'Bro, everyone knows.'
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According to the documents, she said the incident was 'RUINING my life temporarily,' her reputation had been ruined, and all she could do was 'sleep and cry all day.'
Ingalls replied that the situation would blow over, pointing at 'how fast nonsense spreads at this school,' and told Jane Doe she did not have 'anything to be ashamed of.'
'You're right.
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It'll get better,' replied Jane Doe.
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Two days later, on October 25, records show Ingalls texted Jane Doe: 'U good?'
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She replied, alleging that Newell had 'def told people' about what occurred days earlier.
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Jane Doe then sent Ingalls a screenshot from an online forum accusing Chi Phi of gang rape.
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'???' she wrote.
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Ingalls replied: 'Ridiculous.
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I'm gonna report that.'
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On October 28, Ingalls and Jane Doe spoke on the phone, and he allegedly apologized to her, according to one of her roommates.
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'How could you let this happen?' the roommate recalled Jane Doe saying.
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In one message obtained by NBC News, Doe wrote: 'While we're all obviously denying what happened to anyone who asks, I hope that we can joke about all this (in private obv) later down the line.'
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Protests have broke out on Cornell's campus and authorities have since reopened the case and appointed a special prosecutor to investigate Jane Doe's claims after her lawsuit
Disinvited from the Halloween Party
By October 31, Jane Doe had been disinvited from the fraternity's Halloween party, according to the documents.
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She texted Ingalls: 'I knew this was going to happen.
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The woman will always get the short end of the stick.
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Y'all are covering your asses.'
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On November 3, Jane Doe texted Newell: 'Let's be clear that 90% of what happened that night was not consensual.
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'I was given more key than I can remember,' she wrote, referring to ketamine, 'and I know that I told u I felt uncomfortable and I didn't know anyone in the room.'
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Jane Doe reports assault
On November 7, Jane Doe went to an emergency room in Ithaca and requested a rape kit.
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After she reported the incident, Jane Doe called Ingalls and recorded their conversation.
She said: 'If I just know what happened, then I can feel a little bit better and move on and maybe be able to stay at this school.'
Ingalls responded that 'You did tell me you were sober, by the way,' and insisted, 'You did, you said you hadn't been anywhere,' according to reports obtained by ABC News.
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Jane Doe replied: 'That is not true.
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I never would have said that.'
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Later in the call, Jane Doe said: 'What y'all did would be classified as gang rape.'
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Jane Doe could be heard in the audio asking Ingalls for details about the night, including how they ended up in a threesome in his fraternity house.
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…and 18 more, not listed.
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