前康奈尔大学的学生报告说涉嫌轮奸她的律师告诉ABC新闻,在提交爆炸性诉讼后的三周内,她在校园兄弟会面临一系列威胁和暴力企图。
律师Thomas Giuffra说,无名氏对这些威胁感到担忧,但发誓要继续审理此案。他说,全国的关注使人们意识到这个问题,推动立法者重新考虑有关同意的法律,并提供了一个难得的问责机会。
"无名氏无所畏惧"朱法拉说。“她总是对努力让其他女性过得更好感兴趣,所以简不会再这样了。”
在周三接受美国广播公司新闻采访时,Giuffra辩称,无名氏一直受到学校官员和执法部门“最令人难以置信的一系列失败”,最终导致了这种情况。
“在我30多年的执业生涯中,这是我见过的最令人难以置信的一系列失败。我的意思是,这不仅仅是一件事,”他说。“我一半的时间都无法让它们保持笔直,因为它们太多了。我的意思是,你在这条路线上到处都有失败。”
美国广播公司新闻已经联系康奈尔大学进行评论。
康奈尔大学在9月21日的一份声明中表示,它“极其严肃地”对待性暴力指控,并“根据大学政策调查和裁决了这些指控。”
在随后的一份声明中,该校表示进行了“彻底的”第九章调查并“发布了一系列制裁措施,包括开除和暂停康奈尔大学的学籍。”
康奈尔大学的校长迈克尔·科特利科夫发布了一份视频声明10月3日,称该事件是一个“决定性时刻”,并承诺对校园文化和大学政策和程序进行改革。
Giuffra还传唤了汤普金斯县地方检察官Matthew Van Houten,他最初拒绝在2024年提出指控。
9月27日,范·豪登在与简·多伊及其律师交谈后重新审理了此案,此前有人提起民事诉讼,指控她被下药和强奸。
在重审案件后接受美国广播公司新闻采访时,范·霍滕为自己不起诉的决定进行了辩护,称“她一开始明确表示同意,从未有任何迹象表明她改变了她参与的事情”,但“如果无名氏在任何时候说过,'我不再同意这件事',或者用那些话,或者以任何形式的沟通。如果这些人有持续的性行为和接触,那就是犯罪。但她在声明中并没有这么说。”
上周,纽约州州长凯西·霍楚尔将地方检察官从该案中除名,并任命州司法部长莱蒂夏·詹姆斯·托为检察官接管对该事件的刑事调查。另外,康奈尔大学宣布,本周将聘请一家外部律师事务所审查该大学对指控的处理以及随后的调查。
Giuffra还反驳了被告兄弟会的律师的说法,他们认为她同意或远离指控,认为他们的“自私声明”与现实脱节,并与当晚证人的陈述相矛盾。
Giuffra为他的委托人秘密记录一些人的决定辩护。
“她想处理正在发生的事情。因为她真的无法接受,因为她受到了创伤,”他说。
Giuffra还试图质疑一些人的说法,即他们太醉了,以至于无法同意他们邀请其他人加入的Snapchat群。他把这次聊天描述为“确凿的证据”
美国广播公司新闻获得了Snapchat群聊的扩展版本,在所谓的袭击期间,50多名兄弟会成员分享了该群聊。
那晚邀请无名氏来家里的兄弟会成员发了一张照片到聊天室,照片显示她在卧室里。据称,他在聊天中写道,“男孩来鞭打它。”
“我不在乎他们的辩护律师怎么说。我不在乎大学怎么说。这是经典的枪。就像地上的一具尸体,一把冒烟的枪。这就是Snapchat,”朱弗拉说。
据无名氏的律师称,由于该事件以及该案件中提起的民事诉讼,无名氏从康奈尔大学退学。诉讼中被点名的人没有一个在法庭上回应,尽管每个人都在公开声明中或通过他们的律师否认对调查人员有不当行为。
Attorney says Jane Doe facing threats, calls out alleged 'failures' of Cornell, law enforcement
The former Cornell student who reported analleged gang rapeat a campus fraternity has faced a series of threats and doxxing attempts in the three weeks since filing her explosive lawsuit, her attorney told ABC News.
Attorney Thomas Giuffra said Jane Doe is concerned about the threats but vowed to continue the case -- saying the national attention is bringing awareness to the issue, pushing lawmakers to reconsider laws surrounding consent, and providing a rare chance for accountability.
"Jane Doe is fearless,"said Giuffra. "She always was interested in trying to make things better for other women, so there's no more Jane Does."
In an interview with ABC News on Wednesday, Giuffra argued that Jane Doe has been subject to the "most incredible sequence of failures" by school officials and law enforcement, which ultimately led to this situation.
"It's been the most incredible sequence of failures I've seen in my 30-plus years of practice. I mean, it's not just one thing," he said. "I can't keep them straight half the time because there are so many. I mean, you have a failure everywhere along the line, everywhere."
ABC News has reached out to Cornell for a comment.
Cornell said in a statement on Sept. 21 that it takes allegations of sexual violence "extremely seriously" and that it "investigated and adjudicated the allegations consistent with university policies."
In a subsequent statement, the school said it conducted a "thorough"Title IX investigationand "issued a range of sanctions, which included expulsions and suspensions from Cornell."
Cornell's president, Michael Kotlikoff, released avideo statementon Oct. 3, saying the incident is a "defining moment" and pledged reforms to campus culture and university policies and procedures.
Giuffra also called out Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten, who initially declined to bring charges in 2024.
Van Houten reopened the case on Sept. 27 after speaking with Jane Doe and her lawyer in the wake of a civil suit being filed alleging that she had been drugged and raped.
In an interview with ABC News after reopening the case, Van Houten defended his decision not to bring charges, saying "she clearly consented in the beginning, and there was never any indication that she changed that to the things that she participated in" but that "If at any point Jane Doe had said, 'I don't consent to this anymore,' or in those words, or in any form of communication. If there had been continued sexual activity, contact by these individuals, that would be a crime. But that's not what was alleged in her statement."
Last week, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul removed the local DA from the case and named state Attorney General Letitia James totake overthe criminal investigation of the incident. Separately, Cornell has announced an outside law firm would be tapped this week to review the university's handling of the allegations and subsequent investigation.
Giuffra also pushed back on claims from attorneys for the accused fraternity brothers -- who argued that she consented or distanced themselves from the allegations -- arguing their "self-serving statements" are detached from reality and contradicted by the accounts of witnesses that evening.
Giuffra defended his client's decision to secretly record some of the men.
"She wanted to process what was going on. Because she couldn't really wrap her head around it because she was traumatized," he said.
Giuffra also tried to cast doubt on the claims by some of the men that they were too intoxicated to consent by pointing to the Snapchat group where they invited others to join. He described the chat as a "smoking gun."
ABC News obtained an extended version of the Snapchat group chat shared among more than 50 fraternity brothers during the alleged assault.
The fraternity brother who invited Jane Doe to the house that night sent a photo to the chat that appears to show her in the bedroom. He allegedly wrote in the chat, "Boys come whip it out."
"I don't care what their defense lawyers say. I don't care what the university says. That is the classic gun. It's like a body on the ground, a smoking gun. That's that Snapchat," Giuffra said.
Jane Doe withdrew from Cornell due to the incident, according to her attorney, and the civil suit filed in the case. None of the men named in the suit have responded in court, although each has denied wrongdoing to investigators, in public statements, or through their lawyers.





