'She Said It Was Consensual': US District Attorney's Shocker In Cornell Case
A US District Attorney has publicly released a sexual assault accuser's initial statement regarding a Cornell University fraternity incident to explain why criminal charges were not filed. The DA noted discrepancies between the accuser's original police statement and her subsequent civil lawsuit.
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The case highlights the complexities of legal proceedings in sexual assault allegations and the tension between public transparency and victim privacy.
A US district attorney has released new disturbing details about a Cornell University student's alleged fraternity gang rape, explaining why he reopened the investigation after accuser "Jane Doe" filed a civil lawsuit against the seven Chi Phi fraternity brothers and the school. Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten also detailed the accuser's statement submitted to campus police in November 2024, about a week after she claimed seven men drugged and raped her during an hours-long assault at their Ithaca house.In the copy of the statement accessed by NDTV, Houten said that Doe's 2024 testimony to police presented a different version of events from the details in the new civil complaint she filed against the seven accused and the university, while insisting that "it can take years of therapy and healing for victims of sexual assaults to fully process and understand what happened to them."He also blamed his extraordinary move…
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