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While Cornell conducted an internal investigation, no criminal charges were brought against the accused at the time.","\u002Fapi\u002Fmedia\u002Fposts\u002Fdetails-emerge-in-case-of-former-cornell-student-alleging-ga-f31d432d\u002F1.webp",{"local":16},{"headline":19,"body":20,"imageUrl":21,"images":22},"The Tompkins County District Attorney's Office confirmed Monday","The Tompkins County District Attorney's Office confirmed Monday that it will be reopening the criminal investigation amid pressure from the community and will bring the evidence to a grand jury. The DA said the woman's sworn statement from November 2024 was different from what she alleges in the civil lawsuit, while her attorney claims investigators never followed up on her allegations. Here is what we know about the case so far:","\u002Fapi\u002Fmedia\u002Fposts\u002Fdetails-emerge-in-case-of-former-cornell-student-alleging-ga-f31d432d\u002F2.webp",{"local":21},{"headline":24,"body":25,"imageUrl":26,"images":27},"In the lawsuit against the university and the","In the lawsuit against the university and the then-fraternity members, the woman alleges she visited a friend at Cornell's Chi Phi fraternity house while she was already intoxicated, and alleges that two fraternity members pressured her into taking what they said was ketamine. She alleges they then sexually assaulted her.","\u002Fapi\u002Fmedia\u002Fposts\u002Fdetails-emerge-in-case-of-former-cornell-student-alleging-ga-f31d432d\u002F3.webp",{"local":26},{"headline":29,"body":30,"imageUrl":31,"images":32},"According to the suit, on the night in","According to the suit, on the night in question at around 1:42 a.m., one fraternity member sent a crude message to a Chi Phi Snapchat group chat suggesting that a woman upstairs was available for sex. The woman alleges more men entered the room and the assaults continued until 5:45 a.m.","\u002Fapi\u002Fmedia\u002Fposts\u002Fdetails-emerge-in-case-of-former-cornell-student-alleging-ga-f31d432d\u002F4.webp",{"local":31},{"headline":34,"body":35,"imageUrl":36,"images":37},"The complaint says the woman filed a report","The complaint says the woman filed a report with the university's police department three weeks after the alleged rapes.","\u002Fapi\u002Fmedia\u002Fposts\u002Fdetails-emerge-in-case-of-former-cornell-student-alleging-ga-f31d432d\u002F5.webp",{"local":36},{"headline":39,"body":40,"imageUrl":41,"images":42},"\"Once she was emotionally ready, she went to","\"Once she was emotionally ready, she went to the University police and bravely shared what had occurred to her. She went to the police because she believed that she was the victim of a crime,\" her attorney, Thomas Giuffra, said in a statement to CBS News.","\u002Fapi\u002Fmedia\u002Fposts\u002Fdetails-emerge-in-case-of-former-cornell-student-alleging-ga-f31d432d\u002F6.webp",{"local":41},{"headline":44,"body":45,"imageUrl":46,"images":47},"\"Other than her initial contact with Cornell Police","\"Other than her initial contact with Cornell Police, she was not contacted by investigators from the Tompkins County District Attorney's Office or any investigators trained in interviewing rape survivors,\" Giuffra said.","\u002Fapi\u002Fmedia\u002Fposts\u002Fdetails-emerge-in-case-of-former-cornell-student-alleging-ga-f31d432d\u002F7.webp",{"local":46},{"headline":49,"body":50,"imageUrl":51,"images":52},"Cornell conducted an internal review of the allegations","Cornell conducted an internal review of the allegations after she filed the report with campus police. Giuffra asserted to CBS News New York that two of the fraternity members were expelled, while five others received lesser sanctions including suspensions, workshops and writing essays.","\u002Fapi\u002Fmedia\u002Fposts\u002Fdetails-emerge-in-case-of-former-cornell-student-alleging-ga-f31d432d\u002F8.webp",{"local":51},{"headline":54,"body":55,"imageUrl":56,"images":57},"\"Not one of these guys was arrested. Not","\"Not one of these guys was arrested. Not one. That I can tell you for a fact,\" Giuffra told CBS News New York, adding that the woman dropped out of the school after the alleged assault. Cornell disputed the idea that some of the accused only had to write essays for punishment.","\u002Fapi\u002Fmedia\u002Fposts\u002Fdetails-emerge-in-case-of-former-cornell-student-alleging-ga-f31d432d\u002F9.webp",{"local":56},[59],"us",[61],"World & Politics",{"name":63,"url":64},"CBS News","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbsnews.com\u002Fnews\u002Fcornell-university-rape-allegations-chi-phi-fraternity-details\u002F","en-us",{"handle":67,"displayName":68},"spots","Spots","queued",{"views":71,"likes":72,"saves":72,"shares":72,"completions":72,"opens":72,"skips":72,"depthSum":72},3,0,"2026-09-28T19:32:43.620Z","local"]