District attorney in Cornell case claims he never saw police transcript with alleged rape victim

In a recent interview with police, a woman who claimed she was sexually assaulted at a Cornell University fraternity house two years ago expressed 100% confidence that she was indeed raped. According to a CBS New York report, the transcript of her interview, which has not been made public, has raised questions regarding the decision of the local district attorney not to bring charges at the time.

The woman, referred to as Jane Doe in legal documents, initially filed a lawsuit claiming she was assaulted by seven men at the Chi Phi fraternity house on October 19, 2024. She visited campus police three weeks after the incident and was interviewed again on November 14 and 15, 2024. During the interviews, she described feeling "completely and totally incapacitated" before and during the sexual abuse, and acknowledged that she had consumed alcohol and drugs at the time.

The woman also admitted to engaging in a consensual sexual encounter with two of the men before the assault continued with others. She stated, "I can say with 100% confidence I was raped," as recorded in the police transcript. The district attorney, Matthew Van Houten, has since reopened the investigation based on new information from the lawsuit, which was filed earlier this month. Cornell University has agreed to bring in outside lawyers to independently investigate the handling of the woman's allegations.