Cornell Student Said, "I Was Raped". Cops Left It Out Of Her Statement
A Cornell University student alleges that campus police omitted her explicit statement of being raped from her official report, which contributed to a prosecutor's decision not to file charges. The report suggests the omission significantly impacted the legal handling of the sexual assault case.
Why it matters
It raises critical questions about institutional transparency and the handling of sexual assault reports by campus law enforcement.
A Cornell University student spent hours telling a campus police officer what she says happened to her. By the next day, her account had been cut to six pages, and the words she used to say she had been raped were no longer in it. According to a report by The New York Times, that omission may have ended the case for a while, but it now appears to have only delayed it.According to The New York Times, the sophomore, who was 20 at the time, first went to Cornell campus police on November 14, 2024. She told the officer she had found herself naked in a fraternity house nearly a month earlier, with a "ring of men" around her.
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