Fraternity Assault Case Investigation

Good morning, Rebecca. ABC News has obtained a recording of a

phone call between

Jane Doe and the fraternity brother she went to see the night she was

allegedly attacked. The call appears to show that he

was trying to convince

her he meant no harm and she consented.

You want me to give my recollection of the entire night?

Three weeks after her traumatic night at the Chi Phi house, a then Cornell student

now known as Jane Doe called Matthew Engels, the friend who invited

her to the fraternity that night, recording the entire conversation.

She told him she spent time in the emergency room and in therapy because,

"There's

so much damage on my body and my brain." She said,

"If I wanted to take this

somewhere, what y'all did would be classified as gang

rape.

You already knew when I came in I was 10 shots deep." Engels

responded with a different recollection.

You did tell me you were sober, by the way. You, you, you did.

You said you hadn't been anywhere.

Jane Doe said she was 100% sure. She told him she had been at a bar

for a sorority event, "And I never lie." She asked him how they

ended up in

a threesome with one of his frat brothers.

So you, you, you come in, say hi. Uh, we

start dancing for, like, maybe three to five minutes,

and then I pop the question. You say yes.

Then I remember, like, we didn't know who else to bring,

so I go up to

who was on the dance floor, too, and I popped the question, and he, and

he's like, "Yeah." And then we go upstairs.

Jane Doe then asking for his help to identify all of the men, saying she

remembered four in the bed and more standing around the room.

Engels seemed to suggest both of their memories may not be accurate.

I have racked my brain for this mystery per- You know, it's possible

that both of us, like, remember this and it's not true.

Jane Doe pushed back, saying, "No, because I remember looking up and being

like, 'That is too many people.'" She then

asked, "Do you remember how any of these

guys walked in?"

The party was sort of,

like, crowded, so people started, like, um,

filling up the balcony just 'cause there was nowhere else to go.

Engels did not mention that during the incident he posted to a

group on

Snapchat a photo of her in bed and an invitation to his fraternity

brothers saying, "Boys, come whip it out." Cornell expelled Engels

and another student and suspended two others.

In this video obtained by ABC News, Cornell police inform one of the

suspended students he is unwelcome on campus.

Take a look at that. Per the temporary suspension, he

is, uh, barred from any of the grounds owned,

operated, or maintained by Cornell

University.

All seven fraternity brothers have denied wrongdoing.

Engels has not responded to Jane Doe's lawsuit, but during Cornell's internal

investigation, he said he was too intoxicated to consent and

suggested Jane Doe assaulted him.

Now, this week Cornell will announce which outside law firm will evaluate how

the

university handled Jane Doe's allegations and how it could improve its

response to accusations of sexual violence on campus.

And the New York Attorney General's office is already reaching out to Jane Doe as

part of the reopened criminal investigation. George.