Jane Doe’s attorney argues she was “incapable of consent” because she was “completely, grossly intoxicated” when she arrived at a Cornell fraternity house the night she was allegedly raped in October 2024. “She didn’t have consent from the time she walked in the door; she was incapable of consent,” her lawyer, Thomas Giuffra, told CBS…
New York Attorney General Letitia James will serve as special prosecutor in the Cornell University alleged rape case. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order for the appointment Thursday. “Newly released information continues to raise serious questions about the investigation conducted by the Cornell Police Department and the decision by the Tompkins County District Attorney…
Text messages and documents from the investigation are providing new details about the night a then-20-year-old Cornell student known as Jane Doe says she was raped by multiple men at a fraternity house in October 2024. This timeline of her account is based on messages obtained by CBS News, a lengthy interview transcript with campus…
Bolivia’s attorney general arrested for alleged money laundering and drug trafficking U.S.-sanctioned Bolivian Attorney General Roger Mariaca has been arrested on suspicion of money laundering and drug trafficking, with police finding bundles of cash smuggled out of his house, the government said Thursday. Mariaca was arrested on Wednesday night in the eastern city of Santa…
Austin — A Venezuelan delivery driver who was shot in his car by a federal immigration agent in Texas will remain in custody on charges that he assaulted an officer while trying to evade arrest, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Judge Dustin Howell said the case against Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, should proceed after…
In a surprising turn in Lindsay Clancy’s first hearing since her mistrial in early September, her lawyer, Kevin Reddington, argued that there was no evidence she killed her kids. Reddington was arguing a renewed motion for a required finding of not guilty, asking the judge to find that the evidence presented at trial was legally…
Three news organizations that President Trump abruptly banished from White House grounds this month asked a federal court to block the ban until the case against it is resolved, saying the administration has “persisted in unpredictably and inconsistently implementing its ban” despite a judge’s restraining order – including selectively barring CNN from White House pool…
A former Ohio music pastor who once appeared on “American Idol” is on trial on charges that he killed his wife while having an affair more than a decade after gushing to TV viewers about how she encouraged him to chase his dreams on the singing competition. Caleb Flynn, 40, has pleaded not guilty to…
The Jane Doe who accused rap mogul Jay-Z of sexual assault has formally recanted her claims, stating in court documents that her claims were false and that she never met him. “Shawn ‘Jay-Z’ Carter never raped me. I have never met or spoken to Mr. Carter. Mr. Carter never engaged in any inappropriate conduct toward…
This story previously aired on June 15, 2024.It was updated on April 12, 2025. Not far from a quiet stretch of Gilgo Beach on Long Island, New York, investigators uncovered the hidden remains of four young women. The mystery of who they were and how they got here might have stayed a secret if not…
