Cornell police transcript shows victim identified rape after initial consensual encounter

A transcript obtained by CBS News New York shows that a Cornell University student, identified as Jane Doe, gave a detailed statement to campus police after an alleged assault in November 2024. The interview, conducted over two days, was led by a campus police investigator and attended by a Title IX investigator, a victim advocate, and the student’s adviser.

Doe recounted that she had been drinking and using drugs the night of the incident and that she had gaps in her memory. She described the initial sexual activity as occurring while she was "super drunk" and said she was "pretty OK with all of this" at that time. She later added that she was "being hit at the same time. Physically hit very, very hard."

When describing events later in the night, Doe said, "I can say with 100% confidence I was raped." The investigator typed her account, read it back word for word, and allowed her to make corrections. On the second day, after reviewing a revised six-page statement, Doe told her adviser she was "very confident about this" before signing.

According to the Tompkins County District Attorney, the signed statement was a key factor in the decision not to bring criminal charges. The final six-page statement has not been released to the public, and attempts to contact the student’s attorney and Cornell officials have not yielded a response. Both the student’s lawyer and the defendants’ attorneys have declined comment on the ongoing investigation.