The University of Cornell on Thursday saw protests against the university’s handling of the rape allegations against former students in a ‘Jane Doe’ lawsuit filed last month.
Cornell University faces backlash over how it handled the complaint after Jane Doe first reported it to the university police three months after it happened in October 2024. The report claims that the alleged texts are from the evening of October 21, 2024, a day after the incident. The Palm Beach Post separately reported that Newell is a resident of Broward County, Florida.
Jonathan Newell has been identified by the New York Times as “the monitor” of the situation when multiple people allegedly raped and sexually assaulted Jane Doe on October 19-20 at a Chi Phi fraternity house, as per the lawsuit. Lately, it has become a politically charged topic, with New York Governor Kathy Hochul asking New York Attorney General Kathy Hochul to review the initial probe. Alleged text exchanges between him and Jane Doe were published exclusively by TMZ on Thursday.
The allegations emerged last month after the alleged victim filed a civil lawsuit on September 16 against former members of Cornell’s Chi Phi fraternity, alleging sexual assault, battery and nonconsensual sharing of intimate photographs. But it started dominating headlines after former South Park writer Toby Morton revealed the names of the seven accused, calling them ‘ Cornell 7 .’
