Why has a Cornell rape investigation been reopened?

Former student at Ivy League university files a lawsuit alleging she was drugged and raped at a fraternity house in 2024. 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.

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