{
  "id": 10474147,
  "title": "Investigation of alleged gang-rape at Cornell University fraternity house reopened",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/investigation-of-alleged-gang-rape-at-cornell-university-fraternity",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-28T15:14:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/28/cornell-fraternity-investigation-alleged-gang-rape"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Protesters have taken to social media in recent days to criticize Cornell University's handling of a sexual assault case involving a Chi Phi fraternity at the school. Lawyers for the alleged victim, who filed a civil lawsuit against the university and the seven members alleged to have committed the alleged gang-rape, have stated that only two members of the fraternity were expelled after the October 2024 incident. The seven men were accused of drugging and repeatedly raping the woman over a period of seven hours. Protests over the treatment of the accused fraternity members have grown after the lawsuit was made public.",
  "summary": "Outrage over treatment of alleged offenders, members of Chi Phi fraternity, has grown since lawsuit was made public Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Prosecutors in New York said on Monday that they have reopened an investigation into the alleged gang-rape of a student at Cornell University after an outcry over “leniency” shown to seven fraternity members named as the…",
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    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "A Snapchat post, drugging, alleged ‘gang’ rape: Inside the Cornell University sexual assault case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/a-snapchat-post-drugging-alleged-gang-rape-inside-the-cornell",
        "published": "2026-09-28T09:56:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Cornell fraternity rape investigation will be reopened, DA says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/cornell-fraternity-rape-investigation-will-be-reopened-da-says",
        "published": "2026-09-28T13:29:58.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}