Cornell Police Pressed Chi Phi Members on 2024 Consent Claims as 2 Probes Advance
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Updated · abcnews.com · Oct 7
Cornell Police Pressed Chi Phi Members on 2024 Consent Claims as 2 Probes Advance
1 articles · Updated · abcnews.com · Oct 7
Summary
Newly obtained videos show Cornell police challenging Chi Phi fraternity members weeks after a 2024 alleged rape, asking how they could know the sex was consensual when they were not involved.
Fraternity members told investigators the "general rumor" was that multiple adults had consented, but one witness said he could not recall exactly who was in the room or what had been said.
In later testimony to a Cornell panel, the accuser said, "I was prostituted" and described men cycling through a dark room, urging the university to remove those involved from campus.
Cornell later expelled 2 students and suspended 2 others, and former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates is now leading an independent review of the university's handling of the case.
That review runs alongside a criminal inquiry into whether charges should be brought and a broader examination of Cornell's assault response, campus police and fraternity oversight.