Armed Police Descend on Jane Doe's Hideout

One month after suing Cornell University over an alleged 2024 fraternity-house rape, the woman known publicly as "Jane Doe" received a scare when armed agents showed up at her parents' house with guns drawn. Attorney Thomas Giuffra tells CNN that Doe and her family were the targets of a swatting call Tuesday night that brought armed police to their house on a bogus tip that people had been killed inside. He says officers pointed weapons at Doe's father, brother, and boyfriend, who was "thrown on the ground," before realizing the report was false. "Somebody could have ended up dead," he says.

Giuffra says Doe has received dozens of threats, including calls warning that "blood will be shed" if she doesn't drop the case, plus doxxing efforts by online figures trying to reveal her identity. He says the police response came a day after Doe received a text with three gun emojis. Terrified, she spent Wednesday covering up the windows at the home, fearing a gunman would target her, Guiffra says. He tells the BBC he has also received death threats after President Trump expressed sympathy for the seven men accused. Cornell, facing mounting campus anger over its handling of her allegations, has brought in former acting US Attorney General Sally Yates to review its response.