Cornell Will Hire Outside Lawyers to Investigate 2024 Rape Claim

Cornell University plans to hire outside counsel to investigate the handling of a 2024 rape allegation. The school and law enforcement face pressure regarding their initial response to the report.
The university and law enforcement officials are under growing pressure to explain how they handled a woman’s initial claims of being assaulted by a group of students.
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Prosecutors have reopened an investigation into sexual assault allegations made by a former student against several men at a Cornell University fraternity house.
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A Cornell student who was initially embarrassed after an incident at a 2024 fraternity party has come forward to seek justice, identifying the event as an assault.
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