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Updated · The Washington Post · Oct 2

Hochul Slams DA Over 2024 Cornell Gang-Rape Case, Urges Law Tightening

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Updated · The Washington Post · Oct 2

Hochul Slams DA Over 2024 Cornell Gang-Rape Case, Urges Law Tightening

3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Oct 2

Kathy Hochul on Friday accused a county district attorney’s office of failing to protect a former Cornell student who reported in 2024 that she was drugged and gang-raped at a fraternity house in Ithaca.
The governor tied her criticism to New York’s current limits on prosecuting sexual assault when a victim voluntarily became intoxicated, saying lawmakers should tighten that law.
The intervention pushes a local criminal case into a statewide debate over whether existing statutes leave prosecutors unable—or unwilling—to pursue some campus sexual-assault allegations.

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