New details emerge in Cornell University gang-rape case as investigation reopens

Cornell University in Ithaca, New York The district attorney (DA) who has reopened his investigation into an alleged 2024 sexual assault at Cornell University has defended his earlier decision not to prosecute anyone, citing the former student’s own account of the incident to police.Also Read | Drugged with ketamine, raped for hours: Ex-student sues Cornell University, 7 fraternity membersIn several media interviews on Tuesday (local time), Tompkins County DA Matthew Van Houten argued that while the male students involved did things that were “morally wrong”, the woman’s initial account of the incident to police did not include allegations that she was drugged, incapacitated beyond the ability to consent, or forced to engage in sexual activity.“She went to the police because she knew it wasn’t right,” Van Houten told CNN.“There were no question marks. There was no additional need to find information because we had all of the information that the police collected from Jane Doe through her very detailed, very comprehensive statement that she provided,” he added.Van Houten has not released the complainant’s sworn statement to police, but instead made public a summary that includes som...