{
  "id": 10572406,
  "title": "Cornell fraternity rape case will reopen after a woman alleges she was assaulted by 7 men in 2024",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/cornell-fraternity-rape-case-will-reopen-after-a-woman-alleges-she",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-29T00:50:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBS News",
    "slug": "cbs-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/video/cornell-fraternity-rape-case-reopen-woman-alleges-assaulted-7-men-2024/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The district attorney for Tompkins County in New York has reopened an investigation into an alleged gang rape at Cornell University. According to the alleged victim, she was drugged with ketamine and assaulted by seven members of the Chi Phi fraternity in 2024.\n\nThe case was initially closed without prosecution, but the district attorney, Matthew Van Houten, has now decided to pursue charges. Van Houten previously declined to prosecute because the victim's testimony did not establish a lack of consent, but has since changed his decision in light of new allegations.\n\nCornell University closed the fraternity and expelled several students involved. The university's vice president, Kyle Kimball, stated that the school supports the decision to reinvestigate the case. The district attorney said he recognises that it can take time for victims of sexual assault to process and understand what happened to them, and that seeking justice sometimes requires reconsidering or reopening cases.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "What to know about Cornell's alleged frat house gang-rape case and the 'Cornell 7'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/what-to-know-about-cornells-alleged-frat-house-gang-rape-case-and-the",
        "published": "2026-09-28T21:56:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "New video of text chain from night of alleged Cornell gang rape",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/new-video-of-text-chain-from-night-of-alleged-cornell-gang-rape",
        "published": "2026-09-28T23:36:49.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News (US)",
        "title": "DA defends decision not to prosecute alleged Cornell 'gang rape' case in 2024",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/da-defends-decision-not-to-prosecute-alleged-cornell-gang-rape-case",
        "published": "2026-09-29T00:13:13.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}