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Image source, Reuters<\/p>\nWhat we know about Cornell University frat house rape investigationpublished at 14:10 BST<\/p>\n
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Image source, Reuters<\/p>\n
New York state prosecutors have reopened an investigation into the alleged rape of a woman at Cornell University in 2024.<\/p>\n
The woman, named anonymously as Jane Doe, filed a civil lawsuit against the Ivy League university on 16 September alleging she was drugged and raped at a fraternity house at the university.<\/p>\n
She alleged that Cornell failed to protect her or adequately punish the men, who have been dubbed the “Cornell Seven”.<\/p>\n
The university said it supported presenting the case to a grand jury, while rejecting claims that it failed to punish those involved. It has also agreed to have the case examined by an independent investigator.<\/p>\n
In a 101-page civil lawsuit, the woman – who was a 20-year-old Cornell undergraduate at the time – alleged that on the night of 19 October 2024, seven men from Cornell’s Chi Phi fraternity chapter assaulted her for hours in an incident involving alcohol and the drug ketamine.<\/p>\n
Jane Doe said in her lawsuit that she was intoxicated during the alleged incident and incapable of providing consent.<\/p>\n
She said she left her sorority sisters after drinking that night and “stumbled alone” to the Chi Phi fraternity house in the city of Ithaca to see a male friend.<\/p>\n
The lawsuit was filed against the university, the fraternity, the sorority, and the men involved in the alleged attack.<\/p>\n