Hochul to address Cornell University case after appointing Leticia James to investigate alleged gang-rape – US politics live

Kathy Hochul says she no longer trusts the local district attorney’s ability to handle the case, which has restarted a national conversation about sexual assault on college campuses Sign up for the Breaking News US email On Monday, following public outcry, Matthew Van Houten, the

Kathy Hochul says she no longer trusts the local district attorney’s ability to handle the case, which has restarted a national conversation about sexual assault on college campuses Sign up for the Breaking News US email On Monday, following public outcry, Matthew Van Houten, the Tompkins County district attorney, said his office would reopen the investigation into the Cornell case, nearly two years after the student victim of the alleged gang-rape gave a statement to police. My colleagues Richard Luscombe and Maya Yang covered the story earlier this week. They wrote: According to lawyers for the student, who filed a civil lawsuit against the university and her alleged attackers earlier in September, only two members of the Chi Phi fraternity were expelled after the October 2024 incident, in which she said she was drugged and repeatedly raped over the course of seven hours.

None of the seven were arrested, they said, and the others were made to write essays, attend workshops or serve short suspensions. Continue reading...