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Posted on 10/02/2026 5:42:42 AM PDT by Red Badger
The New York Times probably didn’t start their day planning to blow up Jane Doe’s case against the so-called “Cornell 7,” but its own reporting has done just that.
Buried inside the Times’ reconstruction of the accusations against seven Cornell frat members is a sequence of events that dramatically changes the picture and essentially tells the world these young guys are innocent and there was no rape.
According to documents obtained by the Times, Jane Doe didn’t initially describe herself as a “rape victim” after the night in question. Quite the contrary. She reportedly told roommates what happened, exchanged friendly messages with men she would later accuse of rape, and only began viewing the encounter differently after seeing online posts mocking her behavior.
Columnist Richard Hanania published this X post summarizing the stunning NYT bombshell.
Incredible reporting from the NYT.
The woman at Cornell did not consider herself a rape victim until she saw people making fun of her for being a slut.
She went to her “big sister” in her sorority and confessed that she had been a slut. Then while texting one of the men she reassured him that she enjoyed the first part of it and nothing illegal had happened.
Later, she texted him that she was traumatized. Not by the sex, but because everyone was laughing at her.
One week after her “rape,” she was mad that she got disinvited from a party at the frathouse of her “rapists”!!!!!!!
Only a few days later, she decided that she was a “rape victim.” Nobody would laugh at her anymore! She went from an object of ridicule and shame to a hero.
Once again, we need to have a serious conversation about how women are being lied to.
People do not respect sluts. Even at woke Ivy League universities. Human nature is what it is.
The lesson is women should protect their reputations by not doing things like this.
Thankfully, the New York Times answered the biggest question at the center of this case: Did Jane Doe believe she was sexually assaulted when she first described the encounter? No, according to the Times and documents, she didn’t. The “rape” interpretation developed after other people began telling her what happened to her and she was mocked for being a “slut.”
And according to the Times’ own reporting, Jane Doe actually described that shift.
NYT:
Since the evening that began on Oct. 19, 2024, Jane Doe had recounted the night’s events to her roommates without identifying herself as a rape victim. She had exchanged friendly text messages with men she would later accuse of assault. She had heard uncharitable appraisals of herself from undergraduate gossips.
Then she read the words.
“That’s the first time I had ever heard the narrative change that I wasn’t a whore and that I was assaulted,” Jane Doe told investigators, according to documents from a university review of the accusations obtained by The New York Times.
The Times also reports that the morning after, she told her roommates she had taken ketamine and had sex with multiple men but did not use the words “rape” or “assault.” The next day, one accused man apologized for letting things get out of hand, and her response says it all.
NYT:
Around 11:15 a.m., she said, Jane Doe arrived home, still in her “big boots and small dress” from the night before, according to the roommate. She had consumed ketamine and had sex with multiple men, she told her two roommates. One roommate told investigators that Jane Doe did not use the word “rape” or “assault” yet.
It seemed like she was “in shock,” her other roommate later told investigators, “not really understanding the gravity of what she was saying.”
The next day, on Oct. 21, Jane Doe went to her “big sister” — a woman designated as a mentor — at Cornell’s Tri Delta sorority and told her there were rumors circulating that she was a “slut.” The big sister, a junior at Cornell, told investigators that Jane Doe added with a laugh that “unfortunately they are true.”
“I could tell that — just from personal experiences — that what she was going through is that she had not yet processed what had happened,” the big sister told investigators.
That same day, Jane Doe received a text message from Jonathan Newell, one of the men she would go on to accuse of sexual assault.
“I just wanted to apologize for how things went down the other night,” Mr. Newell wrote. He then said that both he and Matthew Ingalls, another of the men she would later accuse of assault, both felt terrible for being too under the influence of drugs and alcohol to “shut it down and kick people out before it got way out of hand.”
Jane Doe replied and reassured him.
“At the end of the day non of the sexual stuff was illegal and honestly i really liked being w u and matt,” she wrote.
The New York Times reporting was a bombshell and clearly shows these 7 young men did not commit rape. But the newly surfaced text messages fill in even more of the timeline.
Again, in the days after the incident, Jane Doe wasn’t texting about being raped. She was talking about campus gossip, embarrassment, her ruined reputation, and even describing herself as “open-minded” about sex. Then, weeks later, the tone changed dramatically.
Bridget Ayers:
Newly released Text Messages in the Cornell University Case
It seems the more that comes to light, the clearer it becomes why prosecutors may have declined to bring charges.
These text messages obtained by ABC News don’t show someone discussing a rape. They show someone being beaten down by campus gossip, embarrassment, and the fallout from what happened.
Then, on November 8, she wrote, “I think I’m done talking to you. I know you lied.”
That same day, she made her complaint.
Text messages:
October 23, 2024
J Doe: “bro everyone knows ✌️ i’m incredibly stressed out. some random [REDACTED] told some of my friends i don’t even know who that is how [REDACTED] she know me???”
Then:
J Doe: “i will also say this is RUINING my life temporarily”
“my reputation is destroyed and i’m utterly ashamed”
Then:
J Doe: “you’re right it’ll get better and u think everyone’s jealous of us.. but also like everyone needs to grow up cause sexuality and sex and [REDACTED] is changing and stuff like this is going to become more common.. i’m also really open minded tho. i luv u king,, also tell anyone who gives u [REDACTED] that i’ll actually beat them up that don’t want the smoke i promise”
November 7, 2024
Male: “My ex told me that I’m being labeled as an assaulter in the public eye, I was going to ask if you may have said something along those lines to someone but I know you wouldn’t”
Response:
J Doe: “i had a friend who was going to chi phi and i said don’t”
“but i’ve never mentioned your name”
November 8, 2024
J Doe: “i think i’m done talking to you. i know you lied.”
As you can clearly see, she was still communicating warmly with at least one of the men she would later accuse and explicitly told him she had never mentioned his name while rumors of assault were already circulating.
Then, on November 8, the relationship appears to break down completely: “I think I’m done talking to you. I know you lied.”
According to the post, that was also the day she filed her complaint.
In addition, we published an earlier piece on this case, asking when women would be held accountable for their own actions.
Revolver:
Being equal means owning that responsibility even when the choices were stupid, dangerous, embarrassing, or regrettable.
A woman can make a reckless decision to get blackout drunk or take drugs around men she barely knows and still retain the right not to be assaulted. But she also needs to set herself up for success, because getting blackout drunk means giving up a huge amount of control over herself and her surroundings. That’s not a safe or responsible position for any adult to put themselves in. She had to know that. And if not, she’s too naive to be allowed out in public.
If you know getting black out drunk could put you in danger, then don’t do it. Stop outsourcing your power and safety to random (drunk) men you don’t even know. Take responsibility for yourself.
Maybe that sounds harsh, but it’s true.
And that’s exactly why tensions have exploded about this case.
We also discussed in that piece that no criminal charges were filed early on because, according to prosecutors, Jane Doe did not indicate that a crime had occurred.
Revolver:
A lot of people are tired of the approved “cultural script” where women are treated as fully capable adults right up until the moment something goes horribly wrong, and then suddenly every decision they made along the way becomes irrelevant.
The conversation about sexual responsibility has become bizarrely one-sided. Young women should be told the truth about dangerous situations without being treated like children. And young men should be told the truth about consent without pretending a chaotic party gives them some magical protection from consequences.
Both sides need better judgment than what appears to have been happening that night.
And according to the complaint, when the incident was first reported, the prosecutor said it had been described as consensual.
This wasn’t some miscarriage of criminal justice. Clearly, there were no “rape red flags” raised early on.
If Jane Doe didn’t initially identify what happened as rape, and other people around her later believed she simply had not “processed” what happened yet, how much of the accusation came from Jane Doe’s own understanding of the night, and how much came from the interpretation supplied by people around her afterward?
This means we now have multiple pieces and sources laying out the chronology of events, and they are all pointing in the exact same direction: the original account of that night was reportedly consensual activity, friendly communication afterward, no identification as a rape victim, and then a later shift after online posts characterized the encounter as sexual assault and referred to Jan Doe is unflattering ways.
That’s called regret, not rape, and it’s a massive difference, especially when seven young men are being publicly branded as monsters, and their lives are on the line.
The New York Times reporting did more to shine a true light on this case than they probably wanted to, but thanks to this story, we now know these young men did not commit rape that night.
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The point is not whether the 7 are innocent or guilty. The point is whether the case can be used to stir up feminist rage against “toxic masculinity” in time for the November election.
This ain’t it..........
The reason she wants to declare rape?
They didn’t invite her to the next party.
Cross-eyed Mary...
“Is Mike Nifong available?”
- Kathy Hockul
The guys apologizing afterwards that it “went too far” is not going to hel their case.
Bottom line: College if for academic achievement- not sexual debauchery.
BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT CAN HAPPEN
A pox on all their houses.
She’s a poor man’s rich girl
And she’ll do it for a song
The message to young men should be to stay from these type of women, because you are forever vulnerable and compromised if you give in to temptation.
FR THREAD
Gov Hochul Installs New York AG Letitia James as special prosecutor in Cornell case
10/2/2026, 3:38:44 AM · by DFG / NBC News ^ | 10/01/2026 | Marlene Lenthang and Joe Kottke
New York Attorney General Letitia James has been appointed as special prosecutor in the Cornell University sexual assault investigation, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday, following increasing scrutiny and uproar over how university police and the local district attorney’s office handled the matter two years ago. Hochul said in a statement that “newly released information continues to raise serious questions about the investigation,” which has in turn “undercut my faith, and the public’s faith.” She said James, who has been attorney general since 2019, will take over the case .............snip
The process is part of the punishment. Innocent or guilty, she is going to cause them and their families financial grief. Maybe force some form of guilty verdict when the money runs out and derail their careers.
The haven't been charged much less convicted of anything.
True to the old frat expression “Tri Delt...everyone else has”
Big A$$ Tish will make sure the innocent are punished.
You want a God Less society then this is the crap you have to live with each and every day. Are the guys “innocent” I don’t think so, if illegal drugs were involved, then no they are not innocent, perhaps not guilty of the rape charge, but the whole lot of them are definitely guilty of incredibly poor judgement.
And New York Attorney General Letitia James is just the person to do that!
Those brutish monsters may not be guilty by their actions but they are damn well guilty by their gender and that is all that matters!
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