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‘Jane Doe’ solidarity posts flood social media after Cornell rape lawsuit
The viral campaign on TikTok and Instagram seeks to protect the complainant’s identity as a district attorney reopens the Cornell case.
- Women are posting "I am Jane Doe" across social media in solidarity with a Cornell University student suing seven fraternity members over 2024 sexual assault allegations, with TikTok videos viewed more than 5.2 million times by Friday.
- The movement emerged after a journalist attempted to identify the accuser on Monday, following her September 16 civil lawsuit alleging seven men drugged and assaulted her at a fraternity house in October 2024.
- New York Governor Kathy Hochul appointed Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday to oversee the investigation, stating the accuser was "failed by people and institutions with an obligation to protect her."
- Governor Hochul vowed Friday to "close the loophole" in state law regarding voluntary intoxication and consent, while the accuser's lawyer says she remains "under siege" from online sleuths seeking her identity.
- A 2025 Cornell University survey found 35% of undergraduate women reported nonconsensual sexual contact since arriving on campus, up from 20% in 2021, providing context to the national attention on this case.
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The high-profile reopening of a case involving allegations of gang rape on the Cornell University campus, which was initially not criminally prosecuted, has sparked a viral campaign on social media. ‘We are not angry enough’
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A battle over who should be found guilty by the "people's court" has broken out on social media in the United States.
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