Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten claimed his office declined charges in 2024 because Jane Doe’s sworn statement described the encounter as consensual and voluntary. Newly leaked interview transcripts obtained by CBS News tell a completely different story. During questioning with campus police, Doe explicitly stated she was coerced, completely incapacitated, and 100% confident she was raped. The stark contradiction between Doe’s actual words to investigators and the official narrative used to close the case has sparked intense outrage, with students and observers demanding accountability for how her testimony was portrayed in the “Cornell 7” case.