Chi Phi Says Cornell Chapter Expelled Members Within 3 Days of 2024 Assault Report
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Updated · The New York Times · Sep 30
Chi Phi Says Cornell Chapter Expelled Members Within 3 Days of 2024 Assault Report
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 30
Summary
Three days after a woman reported to police in 2024 that she had been sexually assaulted after being given drugs and alcohol, Cornell's Chi Phi chapter voted to expel members, the fraternity's national executive said Wednesday.
Trey Robb, Chi Phi's interim executive director, called the move faster than what Cornell or the law required, offering the fraternity's fullest public account of its response nearly two years later.
The statement follows a lawsuit filed this month by a woman identified as Jane Doe, who says Cornell, Chi Phi's local chapter and national body were negligent and failed to protect her.
Jane Doe also accused seven Chi Phi members of assaulting her, though the fraternity did not say how many men were removed, and Robb did not address the lawsuit directly.