New York, Nov 6, 2026 (AFP) - Cornell rape case exposes MeToo backlash, accuser's lawyer tells AFP

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2026-11-06

An allegation of gang rape at the elite Cornell University horrified Americans. But when the alleged victim, known only as "Jane Doe," went public, she suffered a new kind of abuse, her lawyer told AFP. The doxxing, threats and harassment targeting the woman, Thomas Giuffra said, expose a wider backlash to the MeToo movement that prompted a societal reckoning with sexual abuse by men. "I think we've gone the wrong way in how sexual assault is vie......

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