Prosecutors in central New York say they are reopening the case of alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity.

Prosecutors in central New York say they are reopening the investigation of alleged “gang rape” at a Cornell University fraternity in 2024 after a civil lawsuit filed earlier this month sparked outrage about the incident.

Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten said in a statement that his office is considering whether to bring criminal charges related to the incident, though he said the allegations in the civil complaint are “dramatically different” than the woman’s statement to police two years ago.

“It’s our intention to present the case to the Tompkins County grand jury with Jane Doe’s cooperation,” Van Houten told ABC News. “We want to reexamine whether there’s additional evidence that we were not aware of in November of 2024, that exists now that would change our assessment of the case and would result in the grand jury finding that there was criminal conduct.”

  • dogslayeggs@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    “While the men were doing drugs off of her body, [Male Number 3] and [another male] entered the room and said something like, ‘Ok we’re shutting down whatever the [expletive] this is,'” the document said.

    Reading the entire story of the night in question does not sound like she was capable of consenting to the later acts, regardless of how willingly she took drugs/alcohol and consented to the earlier acts. The account goes up to Male Number 7. Also, it’s not clear whether Male Number 3 from the above quote is the same Male Number 3 from the second threesome.