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What Cornell’s Jane Doe told police about the alleged gang rape — and what the DA says he knew
A Cornell University student described to campus police how a visit to a fraternity house devolved into an alleged gang rape, recounting being hit and feeling emotionally coerced into sexual activity while intoxicated, according to her signed police statement.
She made a more explicit accusation of rape in a November 2024 interview with campus police â the transcript of which Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten told CNN on Wednesday his office never received before deciding not to bring charges in the case that has now sparked national outrage.
Meanwhile, Cornell says police followed protocol and shared âall investigatory informationâ with the DA.
A ‘loophole’ in New York’s rape law may have shut the door on criminal charges in the Cornell case. It’s not the first time
Resurfaced allegations of a gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity house have renewed outrage over what experts call a legal âloopholeâ in New Yorkâs â and other statesâ â sexual assault laws that can make it nearly impossible for survivors to seek justice if they voluntarily consumed alcohol or drugs before an assault.
At issue is the fact that the woman, identified only as Jane Doe, says she drank alcohol and accepted drugs the night she alleges she was sexually assaulted for hours and advertised as âfree p*ssyâ by someone in a Chi Phi fraternity member group chat.
The Tompkins County district attorney this week offered many words to describe Doeâs account of how the men assaulted her: disgusting, repugnant, offensive, morally reprehensible.
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Cornell case spotlights 'confusing' web of systems for reporting campus assaults
Warning: This story contains distressing details and discussion of sexual assault.
When Mary was a first-year college student, she woke up after a fraternity party with bruises and bite marks all over her body. She says it took her a few days to piece together that she had been sexually assaulted while "blacked out", and to find the strength – and the right avenue – to report the assault.
The man she accused was eventually expelled, but police declined to bring charges because they said there was a lack of physical evidence.
Mary – whose name has been changed to protect her identity – says the process of finding some measure of justice was oftentimes confusing and disappointing.
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