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During an interview with investigators, Doe told campus police investigators, “I was a sex doll for all intents and purposes, which is sad, but unfortunately something I’m not used to or something I haven’t experienced.”
She also said she “felt like bait” because the attackers were “like lions around me,” according to records of the school’s disciplinary investigation obtained by US media.
Social media feeds are filled with women trying to protect Cornell’s accuser’s identity by posting videos of themselves under the caption “I’m Jane Doe.”
As well as complicating the internet search for her name, the solidarity message shared clips of women detailing their own experiences of sexual assault.
Efforts to rally Jane Doe gathered pace after a political commentator vowed to unmask her, arguing that it would be unfair for her to remain anonymous while the men are publicly named despite not being charged with a crime.
Online sleuths have also tried to find the addresses of the so-called Cornell Seven, leading to at least one case of mistaken identity.
An active-duty U.S. Marine Corps sergeant who had the same name as one of the men was wrongly served with the woman’s lawsuit, leading to a stream of abuse and threats, according to the Free Press, external.
