Why has a Cornell rape investigation been reopened?

New York state prosecutors have reopened a case involving an alleged gang rape at Cornell University after a woman filed a civil lawsuit accusing the school and law enforcement officials of not doing enough.According to court documents filed in the lawsuit on September 16, which include screenshots of a group chat purportedly between members of the university fraternity at the centre of the allegations, the woman, referred to as Jane Doe, alleged she was drugged and raped at the fraternity house in 2024.The case has sparked anger on social media directed at Cornell and the District Attorney’s Office in Tompkins County, New York, over their handling of the allegations.On Monday, District Attorney Matthew Van Houten said in a statement that while at the time of the assault his office had found that evidence from the complainant’s initial statement did not meet the legal threshold to bring charges, he would now let a grand jury decide.“Once we determine the appropriate charges, the case will be prosecuted in the most objective and impartial means available – by testimony to the Tompkins County grand jury,” Van Houten said.Here’s what we know about the case:What’s the case about?Accord...