2026-10-23
Lawyer Thomas Giuffra told the BBC ahead of a Friday civil hearing in New York that Jane Doe is living in “constant fear” after threats and a fake emergency call brought armed police to her family’s home. Doe is suing Cornell University, the Chi Phi fraternity and several men who deny wrongdoing, alleging she was drugged and raped at the fraternity house in October 2024. The men have not been charged with any crimes, and a special prosecutor is investigating whether charges are warranted.
2026-10-10
The woman known as Jane Doe in the Cornell seven case is receiving threats from people who have discovered her identity, according to her attorney, Thomas Giuffra. In a column published Oct. 10, Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi wrote that Doe was the victim of a swatting episode this week, and that Giuffra told CNN officers pointed weapons at Doe's family on Tuesday evening after a false tip about someone "killing people in the house."
2026-10-02
The lawyer for a woman who alleges she was raped by seven men at a Cornell University fraternity house in 2024 said Friday that his client is "under siege" as internet users attempt to identify her. Thomas Giuffra told CNN the woman, known in legal documents as Jane Doe, is "not doing well" as online sleuths seek to unmask her. The developments came the same day New York Governor Kathy Hochul appointed state Attorney General Letitia James to take over the criminal investigation.