India, Oct. 3 -- An active-duty US Marine Corps sergeant from New York found himself wrongly named as a defendant in a gang rape case filed against Cornell University students - and his family is now facing a wave of unwanted contact and threats, as per a new report.

On September 26, Victoria Ingalls received a 101-page lawsuit that incorrectly listed her son, Matthew Ingalls, among seven Cornell students being sued by a former student who claims she was drugged, assaulted, and mistreated at a fraternity gathering in October 2024, reported The Free Press. The lawsuit was filed by a plaintiff going by Jane Doe earlier this month.

But there was a mix-up. Victoria Ingalls' son - a 23-year-old Marine Corps sergeant - had never attended the ...