Key facts
- The lawyer for a woman alleging rape at a Cornell fraternity house says she is "under siege" online.
- The accuser, identified as Jane Doe, alleges she was raped by seven men in 2024.
- The woman was reportedly "completely, grossly intoxicated" and "incapable of consent" at the time of the alleged assault.
- New York Governor Kathy Hochul has appointed Attorney General Letitia James to oversee the investigation.
- Hochul stated she "lost faith" in the county prosecutor's ability to handle the case.
- A political commentator vowed to unmask the accuser, leading to increased online efforts to identify her.
The lawyer for a woman who alleges she was raped at a Cornell University fraternity house stated that his client is "under siege" from online sleuths attempting to identify her. Thomas Giuffra, representing the accuser known as Jane Doe, said she is "not doing well" amid the online harassment.
Giuffra argued that Doe was "completely, grossly intoxicated" and therefore "incapable of consent" when she arrived at the fraternity house where the alleged assault occurred in 2024. He also claimed she was pressured into taking ketamine before the incident. No criminal charges were initially filed, but the case has reopened following her civil lawsuit.