Messages between a Cornell University fraternity member and a woman known as Jane Doe indicate the student expressed regret days after an alleged sexual assault. According to an exchange reviewed by ABC News, the fraternity brother wrote to her stating, “I just wanted to apologize for how things went down the other night.”
Shortly after receiving the message, Jane Doe reportedly responded that none of the sexual activity was illegal and that she had enjoyed the encounter. However, nearly two weeks later, her account shifted in a subsequent text where she stated, “Let’s be clear that 90% of what happened that night was not consensual,” adding that she recalled being administered ketamine and feeling “like a sex doll/worker.”
Following these messages, Jane Doe filed a report with campus police alleging she was raped by eight to ten men at the Chi Phi fraternity house. The incident has drawn significant attention, leading New York Governor Kathy Hochul to issue an executive order on Thursday appointing Attorney General Letitia James as a special prosecutor to oversee the case.
A confidential investigative report compiled by Cornell University, which was also reviewed by ABC News, contains newly obtained video footage of the bedroom involved in the allegations. The space appears cluttered with garbage, leftover food, discarded furniture, beer cans, liquor bottles, fentanyl test strips, and a composite photo of a sorority class, reflecting conditions after the university suspended the Chi Phi chapter.
Additionally, authorities have obtained an extended version of a Snapchat group chat shared among more than 50 fraternity members during the alleged incident. In the chat, the brother who invited Jane Doe to the house shared a photo appearing to show her in the bedroom. Another participant asked if they were naked, to which the inviter replied, “Boys come whip it out.”
In a statement regarding the appointment of the special prosecutor, Governor Hochul noted that newly released information raises serious questions about the investigation conducted by the Cornell Police Department and the Tompkins County District Attorney’s decision not to prosecute the alleged sexual assault on campus.
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