The attorney representing the Jane Doe accusing 7 members of the Chi Phi fraternity at Cornell University of drugging and sexually assaulting her is claiming that evidence could have been dumped in a lake for all he knows ... and that there's more video and pics of the alleged gang rape.
Sitting down with CNN's Jake Tapper Sunday ... lawyer Thomas Giuffra raised concerns that crucial evidence -- including additional videos and photos -- was lost because a search warrant was never executed by authorities.
Giuffra said ... "They would have grabbed every single one of these phones of these guys. They would have downloaded all this material. I'm confident, knowing this day and age and the group that we're dealing with, that there were other photos, there were videos."
Cornell University's president delivered a message to students in the wake of accusations that 7 Chi Phi frat brothers allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted a woman ... and personally addressed Jane Doe's account.
In an 8-minute video shared to the university statements' page ... Michael Kotlikoff admitted that this had been "one of the most difficult weeks in our history."
Kotlikoff added ... "What happened to Jane Doe in 2024 is deeply disturbing and will weigh heavily on our community for years to come. My heart aches when I think of what she experienced."
The New York Attorney General is now investigating allegations of gang rape at Cornell University, which means some fraternity brothers could become rape defendants ... so based on what we know now, who would win at trial?
Harvey and Mark Geragos have reviewed some of the most salient evidence based on transcripts of the police investigation and other evidence that has surfaced.
They spend half their time on the latest edition of the "2 Angry Men" podcast making the best case for prosecutors, and the other half on how the defendants would try to poke holes in the prosecution's case.
The D.A. who oversaw the alleged Cornell gang rape case denied the chance to review additional evidence during the initial investigation ... according to a new report.
Tompkins District Attorney Matt Van Houten has been adamant that campus police only gave him Jane Doe's sworn statement and a screen grab of the alleged Chi Phi Snapchat messages -- but now it turns out his office turned down the opportunity to review additional statements ... the New York Times reported.
Cornell University Police Department investigator Jeffrey Northrop spoke to a member of the D.A.'s staff, Jeff Huddle, about additional interviews ... according to records obtained by the NYT.
A newly released video taken from inside Cornell's Chi Phi frat house shows the room where Jane Doe says 7 fraternity members drugged and raped her ... and the clip shows the chaotic scene left behind.
In the footage obtained by ABC that was taken after the Cornell chapter was suspended ... trash could be seen littered throughout the room amid cluttered pieces of furniture ... and on one of the tables lay a fentanyl test strip.
The video is downright eerie ... and at one point, the camera panned to a poster of a sorority class.
Debate rages over Jane Doe and the Cornell frat bros ... the question: Will they be charged? Plus, another tragedy for Gypsy Rose Blanchard, Tony Romo sacked at CBS, and Diddy's Bad Boy life in prison. So, we gotta ask ...
One of the men being sued over an alleged 2024 gang rape at Cornell University sued the college last March over the consequences he was hit with for the incident, TMZ has learned, and just days ago he lost his case.
John Doe sued Cornell over the investigation conducted into the alleged rape that took place on October 19, 2024, at the Chi Phi fraternity house.
According to legal docs, Doe says he received the Snapchat message -- "Free P***y" -- and he and one other frat brother went to the room ... he says because they were unsure if the message was a joke or not.
He also says he went there to get a new vape. He says "By no means were we going there to get free p***y." He says when they arrived "Everybody in there seemed fine."
The lawyer representing the Jane Doe accusing 7 Cornell frat brothers of drugging and sexually assaulting her at a frat house says his client is "not doing well" ... and he pushed back on the narrative that she was remotely capable of giving consent the night of her alleged gang rape.
In an interview with CNN on Friday, Jane Doe's attorney Thomas Giuffra said his client has been "under siege on social media where people are trying to identify her."
Describing "false court postings" trying to ID her and the fact that other women have been misidentified as her, Giuffra said ... "That's been really difficult."
When asked about Jane Doe's account to police ... where she said she engaged in consensual activity in the beginning of the night before it became nonconsensual ... Giuffra remained adamant that Jane Doe was too drunk to ever give consent that night.
The woman accusing 7 Cornell fraternity brothers of drugging and sexually assaulting her at Chi Phi claims that later in the evening two frat bros took her into a closet and raped her ... which she says was the worst part of her night.
Jane Doe recalled the alleged closet encounter in her interviews with Cornell's Title IX investigators ... claiming she was given ketamine in the closet and "it was just raping" ... according to a transcript obtained by CBS News.
A photo of Jane Doe that was shared in the alleged Chi Phi Snapchat group chat shows her smiling with another man ... one of her attorneys shared the photo with CBS, and the snap has been blurred to protect her identity.
Right after the photo was sent to the group chat ... a frat member in the group wrote ... "Shop still open?"
Cornell fraternity brothers accused of plying a fellow student with drugs and gang-raping her told university officials the woman told them, "we're all consenting adults here," and group sex was "normal in medieval times."
In their account to investigators ... the seven frat bros give varying descriptions and explanations as to how the night unfolded ... in investigative files obtained by the New York Times.
One of the accused, Diego Sarabia, told investigators that Jane Doe had said something to the effect of "This was normal in the medieval times."
Matthew Ingalls told investigators that he asked Jane Doe if she wanted to have a threesome with him and fellow frat member, Jonathan Newell.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul is blasting Cornell University Police and the local D.A. over their handling of the alleged Cornell gang rape ... saying somebody knew more than they were letting on.
Hochul -- speaking Friday morning alongside Attorney General Letitia James -- said she was "deeply disturbed" that campus police sent prosecutors only a partial record after interviewing the woman ... adding the case hit home for her as a mother who once dropped her own daughter off at college.
She also ripped Tompkins County D.A. Matthew Van Houten for not interviewing her himself ... saying the conflicting information now emerging is why she appointed James as special prosecutor.
Hochul said ... "We don't know enough ... and I want the truth."
Cornell University students are furious about the alleged gang rape that a former female student says went down in 2024 at a frat house ... and they vented their frustrations at a lively town hall.
“Cornell is complicit in this rape culture here on campus, in Greek life and outside of it”: Adriana Vink, a Cornell student, and her mother, Carolyn Castiglia, attended a campus town hall Thursday night to discuss sexual violence, in the wake of a lawsuit accusing seven members… pic.twitter.com/buUyHKWLNo@CBSMornings
The university's student government hosted a public hearing Thursday night where students called out the administration over what they see as a lackluster response to the allegations.
One student told the BBC there was "a lot of anger" at the hearing ... adding she herself was incredibly angry with the university.
One of the 7 Cornell frat brothers accused of gang raping a fellow student allegedly called a sorority member to instruct a friend of hers not to discuss what she "thinks" may have happened on the night in question.
The sorority member -- who was at Chi Phi the night of the alleged gang rape -- told investigators one of the accused rang her up the next day to make sure a friend of hers didn't "say anything that she thinks might've happened last night" ... CBS News reports.
She ended up passing the message along, and her friend told investigators that the message "clicked" when Cornell sent an alert email about the sexual assault.
The fraternity brothers accused of gang raping a woman at a 2024 party not only exchanged graphic messages about her ... they also allegedly sent around a photo ... according to a new report.
CNN obtained images of the Snapchat chain, titled "Chi Phi Actives," which allegedly show a photo of Jane Doe in a room at the fraternity house while messages were being exchanged.
Additional messages reportedly include one member writing "laying rn," while others asked, "are you guys at least naked?" and said, "Like you can walk in and whip it out rn."
Gillio Lopes -- one of the 7 Chi Phi brothers named in Jane Doe's explosive lawsuit -- got into a heated confrontation with a female student on the Cornell campus, and his attorney tells TMZ ... Doe's lawyer is to blame.
Check out the clip going around on social media ... a woman walks up to Lopes Thursday morning, asking him if he's embarrassed to still be at the school.
She asks what he has to say for himself, and it sounds like he's saying he doesn't want to respond ... though she doesn't let up.
One of the 7 Cornell frat bros named as a defendant in a sexual assault lawsuit filed by a Jane Doe says he has no issue with her continuing to use the moniker as civil proceedings continue.
Scott Kretzschmar filed a letter to the judge Thursday ... stating he "does not object" to the plaintiff continuing the lawsuit as Jane Doe.
This may seem small, but it's actually quite uncommon for the defendant not to object in these situations.
Many defendants file documents asking for a judge to lift the plaintiff's anonymity.
