FACT FOCUS: What People Are Alleging in a Cornell University Fraternity Gang Rape Case
The district attorney reopened the case after a lawsuit and a 99-page university report led to criticism over the earlier decision not to charge.
- On Thursday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed a special prosecutor to take over the probe into 2024 sexual assault allegations at the Chi Phi fraternity house at Cornell University in Ithaca.
- Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten previously declined to prosecute, relying on a summary of two days of interviews prepared by campus police that he believed was comprehensive.
- A lawsuit filed last month alleges sexual assault against seven members of Chi Phi, with the accuser stating she was "completely and totally incapacitated" during the incident.
- Cornell University suspended Chi Phi in 2024 and formed a task force, ultimately expelling or suspending some students while declining to provide specific details citing federal privacy laws.
- An investigative panel conducted 50 interviews with 32 witnesses to review the events, while several men accused have denied engaging in nonconsensual sex.
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An American former student who says she was the victim of a gang rape in a men's fraternity house is receiving a lot of support on social media. Almost two years later, a new special prosecutor has been assigned to the case.
FACT FOCUS: What people are alleging in a Cornell University fraternity gang rape case – WTOP News
Allegations that a Cornell University student was gang raped by a group of men at a fraternity house in 2024 have led to widespread, online speculation about what school officials, police and prosecutors did and didn’t do, as well as biting criticism that no criminal charges were brought. The woman brought the allegations back into...
FACT FOCUS: What people are alleging in a Cornell University fraternity gang rape case
Allegations that a group of men gang raped a Cornell University student at a fraternity house in 2024 have drawn online speculation about what the school and authorities did and criticism that no charges were filed
One complainant told Cornell (New York) investigators that she “feeled like a prisoner” during the alleged 2024 gang rape. “In what world would the police find out from the victim that she had been gang raped and would not report these charges to the prosecutor?” New York governor “Like a prisoner.” A woman who claims to have been a victim of a gang rape in a Cornell University fraternity told the investigators last year that she “feeled like a …
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