Jane Doe, a Cornell student, faces online harassment after filing a rape lawsuit, with multiple women wrongly targeted and threatened on social media.
Jane Doe's identity is known to legal parties but she faces online abuse and threats.
Several women have been falsely identified and harassed due to the case.
Mainstream social media platforms are not taking action against the harassment.
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ITHACA, NY - OCTOBER 5: A woman walks past the Stewart Cooperative dormitory at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, Monday, October 5, 2026,where a banner hangs in response to a lawsuit alleging the 2024 gang rape of a female student at the Chi Phi fraternity house.(Photo by Matt Burkhartt/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Who is Jane Doe? Online vigilantes have tried to expose the Cornell University student who filed a lawsuit accusing seven fraternity members of gang rape, and in so doing have invited a torrent of abuse on several other women. Her lawyers say three women have been falsely identified and harassed - and the real Jane Doe is being inundated with threats, too. "She's not doing well," her attorney Thomas Guiffra told CNN on Sunday. "She's under siege on social media, where people are trying to identify her."
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