Jane Doe’s texts to ‘Cornell 7’ frat young boy after supposed rape are exposed: ‘My memory is very clouded … however none of it was prohibited’

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By RACHEL BOWMAN, United States SENIOR NEWS REPORTER

Released: 15:16 EDT, 8 October 2026 | Upgraded: 15:56 EDT, 8 October 2026

Jane Doe texted among the ‘Cornell 7’ fraternity siblings she has actually implicated of a dreadful gang rape, stating her memory was however ‘none of the sexual things was unlawful.’

The lady, determined just as Jane Doe, submitted a civil suit last month, declaring she was persuaded into taking drugs and sexually attacked by 7 members of Cornell University’s Chi Phi fraternity at an off-campus home on October 20, 2024.

Text messages gotten by TMZ revealed that Jane Doe and among the males she implicated, Jonathan Newell, texted the next day, October 21, 2025.

Newell connected to Jane Doe and composed: ‘I simply wished to excuse how things decreased the other night. My memory is kinda fuzzy abt [sic] a great deal of it.’

He called her an ‘fantastic individual’ and stated he hoped she was not ‘capturing as much heat from this’ as the fraternity siblings were.

Jane Doe rejected issues from other individuals about their ‘gangbang’ and stated they ought to not feel embarrassed.

‘So anything anybody needs to state about the gamgbang [sic] runs out their jurisdiction. I do not believe we need to feel any embarassment for the part. our body our option,’ she apparently composed.

Newell stated that both he and another implicated fraternity bro, Matthew Ingalls, felt horrible for being too intoxicated to ‘shut it down and kick individuals out before it got escape of hand.’

Jane Doe reacted: ‘Aw jonathan i truly value this text. my memories are extremely clouded too. i believe we were all method to f ** king intoxicated and high.

‘At the end of the day non [sic] of the sexual things was prohibited and truthfully I truly liked being w u and matt.’

Jane Doe then reported the supposed rape 3 weeks after the occurrence, however district attorneys identified there was ‘inadequate proof’ to bring criminal sexual attack charges, and the 7 guys have actually rejected the allegations versus them.

Cornell introduced a Title IX examination into the trainees in 2025, and the university closed down the fraternity.

Newell was consequently expelled from Cornell by a Title IX examination, and the Daily Mail exposed today that Newell has actually likewise because been tossed out of Nova Southeastern University in Florida.

Internal Cornell documentation detailed by The New York Times on Thursday discovered that Newell was indicated to work the night of her supposed attack as a sober security display.

Newell was suggested to be a ‘experienced occasion screen’ at the celebration who would stay sober and use distinct clothes, so their fellow partygoers might quickly determine them in case of an emergency situation.

Newell was noted as one of the sober displays, the lady declared in the civil claim last month that he and his fraternity bros plied her with drugs and alcohol before the supposed rape.

Jane Doe’s civil suit declared that she was sexually attacked over a ruthless seven-hour experience, throughout which time Newell likewise sent out a Snapchat message to his fraternity welcoming them to sign up with.

Newell rejected the claims and informed detectives that he had consensual sex with Jane Doe on the night, and the brand-new records reveal he declared not to bear in mind sending out the Snapchat message.

Jane Doe’s suit stimulated nationwide outrage over how authorities managed the case, and New York Attorney General Letitia James has actually because opened an ‘active criminal examination’ into the accusations.

Cornell has actually employed Sally Yates, a previous Obama-appointed justice authorities who was infamously fired by President Donald Trump, to examine its action to gang rape accusations.