{"id":266485,"date":"2026-10-02T16:53:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T16:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/02\/accused-cornell-rapists-claim-jane-doe-said-were-all-consenting-adults-seemed-sober\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T16:53:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T16:53:51","slug":"accused-cornell-rapists-claim-jane-doe-said-were-all-consenting-adults-seemed-sober","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/02\/accused-cornell-rapists-claim-jane-doe-said-were-all-consenting-adults-seemed-sober\/","title":{"rendered":"Accused Cornell Rapists Claim Jane Doe Said &#8216;We&#8217;re All Consenting Adults&#8217; &#038; Seemed Sober"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>More chilling details of the alleged gang rape at Cornell University and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/09\/cornell-gangrape-lawsuit-police-transcript-cover-up-allegations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ensuing cover-up<\/a> are coming out.<\/p>\n<p>The public knows that the Chi Phi fraternity is at the center of the scandal.<\/p>\n<p>As the seven accused participants in the assault <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/09\/gillio-lopes-cornell-fraternity-member-denies-sexual-assault-allegation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claim to be innocent<\/a>, some are alleging that they believed that the drugged victim had consented.<\/p>\n<p>Some are sharing Jane Doe\u2019s alleged statements. Others are saying that she didn\u2019t seem to be slurring her words at the time.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1002_cornelluniversity_01-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Cornell University campus in September 2026.\" class=\"wp-image-564136 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1002_cornelluniversity_01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1002_cornelluniversity_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1002_cornelluniversity_01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1002_cornelluniversity_01-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1002_cornelluniversity_01-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1002_cornelluniversity_01-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1002_cornelluniversity_01-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1002_cornelluniversity_01-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The campus of Cornell University on September 30, 2026.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Spencer Platt\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-ugly-story-out-of-cornell-university-includes-statements-from-the-alleged-perpetrators\">The ugly story out of Cornell University includes statements from the alleged perpetrators<\/h2>\n<p>Weeks after allegedly drugging and gang-raping a fellow Cornell University student, the seven frat bros claimed to investigators that Jane Doe had said that it was consensual.<\/p>\n<p>According to files that the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/01\/nyregion\/cornell-rape-fraternity-chi-phi-men.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York Times<\/a><\/em> obtained, one of the accused gang-rapists, Diego Sarabia, claimed to investigators that she had said something like: \u201cThis was normal in the medieval times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His fellow accused rapist, Matthew Ingalls, told investigators that he had asked Jane Doe if she wanted to have a threesome with him and with Jonathan Newell, a fellow frat member.<\/p>\n<p>Newell told investigators that he had assumed that Ingalls had asked for permission to invite him to join.<\/p>\n<p>He also claimed that he and Ingalls had both consumed ketamine, marijuana, and a heavy amount of alcohol.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"thg-ytf\" data-ytid=\"0lTVEil-TJk\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/0lTVEil-TJk\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Cornell students demand changes to handling of sexual assault cases\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/0lTVEil-TJk\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Cornell students demand changes to handling of sexual assault cases\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" class=\"lazyload\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><button type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video: Cornell students demand changes to handling of sexual assault cases\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"68\" height=\"48\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M66.5 7.7a8 8 0 0 0-5.6-5.7C56 .7 34 .7 34 .7s-22 0-26.9 1.3A8 8 0 0 0 1.5 7.7 83 83 0 0 0 .2 24a83 83 0 0 0 1.3 16.3 8 8 0 0 0 5.6 5.7C12 47.3 34 47.3 34 47.3s22 0 26.9-1.3a8 8 0 0 0 5.6-5.7A83 83 0 0 0 67.8 24a83 83 0 0 0-1.3-16.3z\" fill=\"#f00\"\/><path d=\"M27 34l18-10-18-10z\" fill=\"#fff\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Interestingly, there is a claim from Winston Lee, another accused rapist, that Jane Doe and others around her \u201cweren\u2019t slurring their speech\u201d and seemed normal to him at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Gillio Lopes told investigators that he had a \u201cpretty solid recollection\u201d despite 3 beers and 3 mixed drinks.<\/p>\n<p>He claimed that Jane Doe had initiated sexual contact with him, but that he left at around 2 AM while feeling \u201cuncomfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lee described the unnamed victim as initiating sexual contact in some capacity before he had apparently agreed to anything.<\/p>\n<p>He also admitted to snorting ketamine off of her body.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:szpg3jnxktdwj6wdja53wjr2\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mwmkjlrtel25\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreie3jcstslfmr2abpy3txnilm2fuyhotp67wwwr4gsvmaz7jodg4wq\" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode=\"dark\">\n<p lang=\"en\">THE CORNELL RAPISTS.  NOT THE CORNELL 7<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:szpg3jnxktdwj6wdja53wjr2\/post\/3mwmkjlrtel25?ref_src=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Drew Webb \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:szpg3jnxktdwj6wdja53wjr2?ref_src=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@archeryfan93.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:szpg3jnxktdwj6wdja53wjr2\/post\/3mwmkjlrtel25?ref_src=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 28, 2026 at 8:18 PM<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-some-claimed-that-jane-doe-was-conversational\">Some claimed that Jane Doe was \u2018conversational\u2019 <\/h2>\n<p>According to Lee, he asked Jane Doe for her consent at some point during the night.<\/p>\n<p>He claimed that she replied: \u201cWe\u2019re all consenting adults here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scott Kretzschmar\u2019s attorney claimed that he did not participate in any of the sexual activity, with or without any alleged consent. Kretzschmar himself said that Jane Doe seemed fine, and that he would \u201clike to think\u201d that he would have \u201chelped out\u201d if he\u2019d thought that she were in danger.<\/p>\n<p>Scott Norris said that Jane Doe seemed \u201cconversational.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jane Doe told investigators that Kretzschmar and Norris were \u201cmore like voyeurs than anything\u201d while describing what happened to her.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"thg-ytf\" data-ytid=\"-Z2eWNujSAs\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/-Z2eWNujSAs\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Cornell Jane Doe told campus police, &quot;I can say with 100% confidence I was raped,&quot; transcript shows\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/-Z2eWNujSAs\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Cornell Jane Doe told campus police, &quot;I can say with 100% confidence I was raped,&quot; transcript shows\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" class=\"lazyload\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><button type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video: Cornell Jane Doe told campus police, &quot;I can say with 100% confidence I was raped,&quot; transcript shows\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"68\" height=\"48\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M66.5 7.7a8 8 0 0 0-5.6-5.7C56 .7 34 .7 34 .7s-22 0-26.9 1.3A8 8 0 0 0 1.5 7.7 83 83 0 0 0 .2 24a83 83 0 0 0 1.3 16.3 8 8 0 0 0 5.6 5.7C12 47.3 34 47.3 34 47.3s22 0 26.9-1.3a8 8 0 0 0 5.6-5.7A83 83 0 0 0 67.8 24a83 83 0 0 0-1.3-16.3z\" fill=\"#f00\"\/><path d=\"M27 34l18-10-18-10z\" fill=\"#fff\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Obviously, Jane Doe might have said many things while under the influence. That does not mean that she made these specific statements.<\/p>\n<p>It is also normal \u2014 generally speaking \u2014 for victims of certain types of crimes to reassure wrongdoers, during or after the fact. Abused partners may even <em>fawn <\/em>over an abuser. It is a survival instinct. Abused children may do the same. In some cases, society <em>encourages <\/em>this behavior.<\/p>\n<p>We should also emphasize that Jane Doe made clear statements when seeking medical help following the assaults, admitting that her possible exposure to STIs had been \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c699d93j22r5o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in a traumatic way<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for the part about the two Scotts believing that Jane Doe was not a victim at the time despite the harrowing \u201cfree pussy\u201d announcement on Snapchat \u2026 it\u2019s <em>conceivable <\/em>that a college student might not know the difference between witnessing a consensual sexual encounter and an assault.<\/p>\n<p>But the overwhelming evidence thus far says that a woman was drugged and raped and then failed by the institution that was supposed to protect her. <\/p>\n<p>Part of that failure appears to have included withholding key evidence from the local District Attorney.<\/p>\n<div class=\"thg-endcard\" hidden=\"\" aria-label=\"Get the Hollywood Gossip app\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thg-endcard-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/thg-ios-app-icon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thg-endcard-icon lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/thg-ios-app-icon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-1\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"thg-endcard-title\">Get the app \u2014 celeb news first<\/span><span class=\"thg-endcard-sub\">Push alerts the second a story breaks \u00b7 4.8\u2605 \u00b7 Free<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"thg-endcard-get\" href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/app\/apple-store\/id372387225?pt=367523&amp;ct=web-endcard-cta&amp;mt=8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get the App<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/10\/accused-cornell-gang-rapist-claims-jane-doe-said-it-was-consensual\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes More chilling details of the alleged gang rape at Cornell University and the ensuing cover-up are coming out. The public knows that the Chi Phi fraternity is at the center of the scandal. 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