The “Cornell 7” Jane Doe dropped a man from her lawsuit whom she wrongly identified as president of the school’s Chi Phi fraternity — whose members she claims gang raped her.

Doe, who has accused seven Chi Phi brothers of sexually assaulting her at a party in October 2024, initially named Orazio Petito in her civil lawsuit, which she filed last month.

Petito, who was mistakenly identified as the chapter’s president, was not accused of sexual assault.

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[–] 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I didn't know much about the details of this case, but I watched a 10 min video last week from someone who was a supporter but now angry as more and more details come out that are starting to show she is lying and for how big this got it's only going to hurt future cases like this. Some of the evidence shown were text messages that actual discuss consent for all of this prior and it did appear to be agreed upon. In this generation it is absolutely drilled into people that consent is needed. Her story has changed multiple times each time she has been asked which says something isn't right here. The night of the guy she was with was not only drunk but also on a lot of ketamine and she was the one who put the pressure to continue even though by the standards of sexual assualt he was to inebriated to consent. He was told after that it doesnt work that way because he is a male. Theres more, but it sounds like this is not going to end well considering how much attention it got. It just sucks because it was finally putting preasure on colleges and who knows what will change if this is found to be false.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    I'm automatically skeptical, personally, when a rape story blows up like this one did. That's not to say I disbelieve the accuser, I just find myself reticent to join in on a witch hunt until there's actual, verifiable information out there to substantiate what people are saying. That skepticism is becoming even stronger now that most people are getting their information from TikTok, which isn't exactly reliable. (And the Lindsay Clancy fandom is making it way worse.)

    We've also seen some very high profile stories debunked publicly, like the rape allegations against the Duke LaCross Team, against Jay-Z, and the Mattress Girl accusations.

    It's really just best to just wait a sec, take a breath, and see what information comes out before forming an opinion.

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