A Cornell University graduate who was falsely connected to the alleged gang rape case by online sleuths has been suspended from his job - even though he graduated months before the incident unfolded, his lawyer revealed.
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The alumnus, who has been pseudonymised as B, was baselessly named as a member of a controversial Snapchat group chat featured in a lawsuit accusing seven Chi Phi fraternity brothers of sexual assault in October 2024, the New Yorker reported.
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Yorker → pseudonymise → October
All seven men have denied her allegations.
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men → deny → allegations
Jane Doe's civil lawsuit, filed last month, included an image of the purported 'Chi Phi Actives' chat in which several brothers advertised that there was 'free p***y' upstairs, referring to Doe.
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brothers → file → Doe
The group chat, which is alleged to have had 57 participants, quickly went viral, with social media users working to identify all the Chi Phi brothers who had allegedly received the vulgar messages.
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A TikTok user found an outdated Chi Phi roster online and published a video naming and picturing dozens of men, including B, as the 'brothers of Chi Phi,' the magazine reported.
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magazine → find → Phi
The video amassed more than 2 million views and the roster was quickly featured on CornellSeven.com, a website created by self-professed activist Aaron Faulk.
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B said that within just one day, his current employer began receiving anonymous messages linking him to Doe's case and he was placed on paid leave.
Even though his company knew he had graduated before the alleged assault, they wanted him to prove he had never been in the Snapchat group, B told the magazine.
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A Cornell University graduate and Chi Phi alumnus was suspended from his job after online sleuths falsely connected him to the alleged gang rape of Jane Doe in October 2024
Self-professed activist Aaron Faulk published a roster on his website, CornellSeven.com, of alleged members of the controversial 'Chi Phi Actives' group chat.
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Faulk → suspend → chat
At least 10 men named on his website were inaccurately linked to the chat
B claims that Faulk included him in a 57-man roster the activist previously referred to as being a 'verified' list of Chi Phi members.
Faulk, 36, allegedly published B's name, photograph, current employer and residence, hometown and Cornell major on the site.
B ultimately hired defamation attorney Adam Ford, who then sent a cease-and-desist notice to Faulk.
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The activist, whose own social media profiles are private, has since removed B from the roster.
But B fears the damage has already been done, telling the magazine: 'Who's to say how many people scrolled through that list quickly, saw my name, and even if this gets a public correction in the media - which I'm not sure it ever will - how many people will even see it?
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people → remove → it
How many people have seen my name and think of me as someone who I'm not?
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B deactivated his social media accounts, but claims his family continues to be targeted online.
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He has even put his law school applications on hold indefinitely in the wake of the situation.
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Another Chi Phi alumnus, pseudonymised as T, claims he has been 'inundated' with harassing messages after he was inaccurately included on the list.
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The graduate, who has been pseudonymised as B, was baselessly named as a member of this controversial Snapchat group chat that was highlighted in Doe's civil lawsuit
T graduated in 2022 and has a very limited digital footprint.
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He currently works at his family business and feels obligated to maintain a good reputation, but says online lunatics have targeted his family on the most flimsy of pretexts.
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He has been meeting with a therapist to help deal with the fallout from the false accusation.
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Faulk's roster, which no longer features the term 'verified,' currently names 42 men as being members of the Snapchat group.
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The Daily Mail is not able to independently verify any names included on CornellSeven.com.
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It also refers to the seven men accused by Doe of assault as 'rapists,' even though no criminal charges have been filed against them.
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charges → refer → them
Ford has since contacted Faulk about 10 other Cornell graduates who were featured in his roster, but were never in the controversial group chat.
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who → contact → chat
The activist has since removed the men from the list.
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In a civil lawsuit filed last month, Doe claims she was sexually assaulted by Chi Phi brothers Matthew Ingalls, Jonathan Newell, Winston Lee, Gillio Lopes, Diego Sarabia, Scott Norris and Scott Kretzschmar on October 19, 2024.
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They have all denied any wrongdoing and no criminal charges have been filed.
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Doe claimed that the seven men engaged in sexual acts with her while she was 'completely incapacitated' and without her consent.
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She says the ordeal continued until she lost consciousness.
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Matthew Ingalls was one of the two Cornell frat brothers expelled from the Ivy League school over explosive sexual assault allegations first raised in 2024; he denied wrongdoing
Johnathan Newell, who grew up in South Florida, was also expelled following Cornell's internal Title IX investigation into the claims
She said the men manipulated her into ingesting ketamine and alcohol, and that other men entered the room while she was incapacitated, the lawsuit said.
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She also alleged that Snapchat messages describing her as sexually available to anyone at the house circulated among fraternity members without her knowledge.
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Doe, then a 20-year-old sophomore, reported the alleged assault to Cornell police in November 2024, three weeks after she said it occurred.
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Campus police investigated and sent a summary of their findings to the district attorney's office, which relied on the information in deciding not to bring criminal charges.
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Separately, Cornell conducted a Title IX investigation.
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The Chi Phi chapter was shut down, and the university has said it expelled some students and suspended others.
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Cornell this week suspended all parties and social events at fraternity houses through the end of the 2026-27 academic year and implemented a new 'zero tolerance' policy that would immediately suspend chapters for violations.
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Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff, who announced the new measures Tuesday, also committed to working with New York State Police to allow its criminal investigators, who are independent of Cornell, to investigate sexual assault allegations.
Doe has since received hundreds of harassing phone calls, texts and direct messages on social media in which her life has been threatened, her lawyer Thomas Giuffra told the New Yorker.
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Doe's lawsuit sparked national outrage over the handling of the case.
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Her supporters are seen gathering in Ithaca, New York for a protest on October 13, 2026
Her family has also been victim of multiple swatting calls in recent weeks.
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family → see → weeks
Swatting is when a nefarious 911 call is made with details of a fake crime that is intended to send armed cops to the home of an innocent person.
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The Daily Mail has approached B's attorney, Adam Ford, for comment.
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We also messaged Faulk on Instagram.
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