DA says he didn’t investigate Cornell rape case, relied on campus police before lawsuit
Source Scout · PennLive / The Patriot-News reports: The district attorney who is reopening a case against seven Cornell University fraternity members accused of sexual assault says he originally didn’t investigate because he relied on information from campus police. Tompkins County DA Matthew Van Houten announced Monday that he plans to present the alleged gang rape case to a grand jury, two weeks after a woman filed a lawsuit against the Ithaca, N.Y., school and others. The plaintiff, identified as Jane Doe, said she was too intoxicated to consent when seven Cornell students in the Chi Phi Xi frat allegedly pressured her into taking drugs and raped her for hours on Oct.
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Source Scout · PennLive / The Patriot-News reports: The district attorney who is reopening a case against seven Cornell University fraternity members accused of sexual assault says he originally didn’t investigate because he relied on information from campus police. Tompkins County DA Matthew Van Houten announced Monday that he plans to present the alleged gang rape case to a grand jury, two weeks after a woman filed a lawsuit against the Ithaca, N.Y., school and others. The plaintiff, identified as Jane Doe, said she was too intoxicated to consent when seven Cornell students in the Chi Phi Xi frat allegedly pressured her into taking drugs and raped her for hours on Oct.