华人相关：康奈尔案被告同名者遭网暴 华裔金融从业者与宾大同名学生被误认、收死亡威胁
据法新社报道，多名与康奈尔大学性侵民事诉讼案一名被告同名的亚裔男子，近日在网上被误认、遭死亡威胁、辱骂信息与不实指控。美国媒体报道，该案被告之一 Winston Lee 为一名韩裔男子；问题是，与他同名同姓的无关者众多。
其中一名被误认者是华裔金融从业者，2020 年毕业于康奈尔大学——比诉讼所指的 2024 年事发时间早四年。他通过领英（LinkedIn）收到威胁信息：「你躲不了。你的未来完了。」另一条写道：「你会得到你应得的……那就是监狱！！你会在那里被轮奸。」还有信息声称已对他下了「黑魔法」诅咒。他在 TikTok 视频中表示，已聘请律师，准备起诉一名在网上公布他电话号码与父母住址的女子；他的 TikTok 简介写着「不是康奈尔七人案当事人」（Not part of Cornell7）。
另一名被误认者是宾夕法尼亚大学一名同名华裔学生，他在领英个人主页加上声明：「我不在康奈尔就读。」一名印度尼西亚籍同名男子也收到大量仇恨信息，在 TikTok 上呼吁：「我是印度尼西亚人，不是近期康奈尔大学案件中被点名的那个 Winston Lee。在联系、标注或指控任何人之前，请先核实你要找的人的身份。」
报道称，网络上的搜寻并未因这些澄清停歇，Reddit 讨论区把这场行动称为针对七名被告的「网络猎捕」。与另外六名被告名字相近的人也报告遭到骚扰与「愤怒刷屏」。播客主持人 Brad Polumbo 说：「这些所谓的社会正义斗士，骚扰的根本就是错的人。这些事应通过刑事程序或某种公平程序解决，而不是社交媒体的暴民审判或猎巫。」
与被告同属 Chi Phi 兄弟会、但在被指事件发生前就已毕业的一批前康奈尔学生表示，他们同样遭到网络抹黑。其律师 Adam Ford 在一封被法新社取得的致校方信中写道，他们「在社交媒体上被错误指控涉案，因此收到死亡威胁与相关仇恨邮件」，「他们中的大多数人已被雇主与就读院校采取不利措施，包括被停职」。
该诉讼由一名在法庭文件中化名 Jane Doe 的前学生提起，指控七名 Chi Phi 兄弟会成员 2024 年 10 月对她下药并性侵；七人均否认有不当行为，无一人被刑事起诉。康奈尔大学已暂停兄弟会派对与社交活动至 2026—27 学年结束。研究阴谋论的学者 Mike Rothschild 警告，错误指控会让真正调查被误导线索干扰：「被冤枉的人往往被穷追不舍，有时不得不躲藏起来，或收到死亡威胁，甚至本人遭到暴力袭击。而那些指错人的人，不会受到任何惩罚。」
Namesakes of Cornell Defendant Winston Lee Flooded With Threats: Chinese American Finance Worker and Penn Student Among Those Misidentified Online
Asian men who share a name with one of the men accused in a Cornell University gang rape lawsuit have been flooded with death threats, abusive messages and false accusations as internet users attempt to identify the suspects, AFP reported. The accused Winston Lee is a Korean man, according to U.S. media; the problem, reports say, is that many unrelated people share that name.
One wrongly identified man, a Chinese American finance professional who graduated from Cornell in 2020 — four years before the alleged assault — said he received threatening messages through LinkedIn. "You can't hide. Your future is over," one message said. "You'll get exactly what you deserve… which is prison!! You'll be gang raped there," said another. A further message claimed that a "black magic" spell had been cast upon him. In a TikTok video, where his bio reads "Not part of Cornell7," he said he had hired a lawyer to press charges against a woman who allegedly posted his phone number and his parents' address online.
Another man misidentified as Winston Lee, an Indonesian, issued a direct appeal on TikTok after receiving a wave of hateful messages: "I am Indonesian and not the Winston Lee named in the recent Cornell University case. Please verify the identity of the person you are looking for before contacting, tagging, or making accusations against someone." A Chinese-American student named Winston Lee at the University of Pennsylvania also added a disclaimer to his LinkedIn profile: "I do not go to Cornell."
The appeals do not appear to have stopped the search: Reddit discussion boards have described the effort as an "online hunt" for the seven accused, with users pursuing unverified leads across social platforms. People whose names resemble those of the other six accused have also reported harassment and "rage spamming." Podcast host Brad Polumbo said: "These social justice warriors are literally messaging and harassing the wrong people. These things should be litigated through the criminal process or through some sort of fair process, not through a social media mob or witch hunt."
A group of former Cornell students who belonged to the same Chi Phi fraternity as the accused, but graduated before the alleged incident, said they too had faced online smear campaigns. "They are being wrongfully accused on social media of having involvement, are consequently receiving death threats and related hate mail," their attorney Adam Ford wrote in a letter to the university obtained by AFP. "Most of them have had their employers and higher education institutions take adverse actions against them, including being placed on leave."
The lawsuit was filed by a former student identified in court documents as Jane Doe, who alleges she was drugged and sexually assaulted by seven Chi Phi fraternity members in October 2024. All seven men, known as the "Cornell Seven," have denied wrongdoing, and none has been criminally charged. Cornell has since suspended fraternity parties and social events for the remainder of the 2026-27 academic year amid scrutiny of its handling of the allegations. Mike Rothschild, a researcher who studies conspiracy theories, warned that false accusations can complicate real investigations by generating misleading leads: "The wrongfully accused are often hounded. They sometimes have to go into hiding, or get death threats, or are even violently attacked themselves. And there is no penalty for being wrong on the part of those accusing them."
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图片来源：图：康奈尔大学麦格劳塔（2024 年 5 月摄，塔身当时正围挡维修）。（颐园居／CC BY 4.0，Wikimedia Commons）
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