Cornell gang-rape accuser was 'misled' about criminal investigation, her lawyer says
ITHACA, N.Y. — The woman accusing several men of raping her at a Cornell University fraternity party was “misled” about the status of the criminal investigation in the weeks after she went to police, her lawyer said Wednesday. Even as she took her allegations about a 2024 gang rape at the Chi Phi fraternity house through Cornell's internal disciplinary process, the university's police department…
The woman accusing several men of gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity party was misled about the status of the criminal investigation, according to her lawyer. Thomas Giuffra stated that the university's police department misled her about the ongoing investigation, even as she proceeded through Cornell's internal disciplinary process.
The local prosecutor, Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten, decided not to pursue a criminal case within days of the woman's initial interviews with police. Van Houten did not personally inform the woman or her lawyer about the decision.
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