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Democrats and celebrities are already taking as gospel the rape allegations made in a lawsuit filed against Cornell University. In doing so, they are already attempting to destroy the lives of the men involved in the story without bothering to wrestle with any of the glaring red flags in the case that are reminiscent of rape hoaxes past.
Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) has already internalized the details of the lawsuit as fact, as have celebrities such as Law & Order actress Mariska Hargitay and actress Florence Pugh. The allegations made in the lawsuit are certainly scandalous: The woman, who remains anonymous, alleges that she was forced to do drugs and then raped by seven male students, all of whom are now having their names blasted out on social media by the self-appointed court of public opinion.
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The problem with this case is that “Jane Doe” reported it to the police in 2024, and her statements to the police contradict what she has claimed in this lawsuit. The law enforcement summary of Doe’s comments to police when she attempted to report it concludes that Doe said she willingly accepted the drugs and alcohol she consumed, that the sexual encounters that night were consensual, and that the men stopped every time she asked them to stop. According to the Democratic district attorney for Tompkins County (who has reopened the criminal investigation into the case), Doe’s allegations in the lawsuit are “dramatically different” from what she told law enforcement. She has since made more than 20 written corrections to her original statement.
According to the police transcript, Doe did say, “I can say with 100% confidence I was raped,” which is notable (and explains why she went to the police in the first place), but that statement alone does not make it true.
That is the problem with this case. It is entirely possible that Doe is correct, that she was raped, and that this is a horrific crime for which justice must be served. It is also entirely possible that Doe does believe that she was raped, while the details she gave to police paint the picture of a consensual series of sexual encounters and drug and alcohol consumption. (That includes the men named in this case, who are also alleged to have been consuming alcohol and drugs during this party.) We simply do not know, as the case has several contradictions that have not been sorted out yet.
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What we do know is that several of the most scandalous, high-profile rape cases on college campuses have been hoaxes. That includes the Duke lacrosse team rape hoax, the “Mattress Girl” rape hoax, and the Rolling Stone/University of Virginia rape hoax. We know that these cases have been discovered to be untrue in the past. So, it stands to reason that we should not be litigating this in the court of public opinion, especially since the allegations are coming from a lawsuit and not a criminal indictment.
Whether this case is real or a hoax is, again, something we do not know. What we do know is that politicians such as Hochul, celebrities such as Hargitay, and others should not be using their platforms to pass judgment based on a series of contradictions. We have seen people like them do it in the past, only for the real story to come out later, leaving the ruined lives of innocent people in their wake.
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[ H/T Washington Examiner ]
