DA Re-Opens Cornell Rape Case
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It's Tuesday, September 29th. The case was closed. She says it never started in the first place. We start here.
Why did prosecutors reopen the Cornell University sexual assault investigation?
Among growing outrage, police in New York reopened an investigation into alleged sexual assault at Cornell. The district attorney at the time in 2024 did not interview the woman. The DA is defending his office's actions to ABC. We'll break it down. British police arrested five men on terror charges. So why were they all released overnight? This is turning into something of a very kind of English mystery. The case President Trump called Syria suddenly doesn't have enough evidence to hold anyone. And he was held for nearly 500 days by the Russians. Now he's out.
He knew that the orders to take him came essentially from the top.
Evan Gershkovich gives his first broadcast interview to George Stephanopoulos, who joins us to discuss it. From ABC News, this is Start Here. I'm Brad Milkey. This might not shock you, but I was an RA at my college dorms at NYU. I would organize events for students. I would mediate roommate disputes. And yes, I would patrol the halls to make sure everyone was safe on a Saturday night. But what we were always told is if something big is happening, something dangerous, you are not the ultimate authority. Like, don't put that on yourself. If a crime is happening, get NYPD over there now. And on some college campuses, there are dedicated police forces. Unlike your standard security guard, these are sworn, trained officers who do have the authority to investigate and make arrests.
But often, the local PD and local prosecutor's office still have the ultimate right and duty to investigate and prosecute serious crimes. Well, recently, a young woman filed a lawsuit against Cornell University in New York State, along with a Chi Phi fraternity over what she says happened in a frat house two years prior.
I knew someone that was in like a fraternity that lived like close to the house where like the incident happened. So a lot of people were just like very surprised and just a lot of like nervousness, shock.
A warning to listeners, we're going to be discussing sexual violence here along with some graphic details. Now, why did it take two years for this lawsuit to come out? Well, she says that's how long it took her to learn that none of the alleged perpetrators would face criminal charges even after she reported she had evidence she had been raped.
My roommate knows the girl, so I think it was just really jarring to hear that she had a personal relationship with these men and they still took advantage of her.
In fact, some perpetrators, she said, would continue attending school there.
I just feel just so unsafe around campus, especially knowing that these people are walking among us.
Well, this week, local authorities who did not bring charges two years ago now say they're reopening the investigation. Let's take you to Ithaca, New York this morning, home to Cornell University. ABC's chief investigative correspondent, Aaron Katursky, is there. Aaron, can we just back up a bit?
What does the Cornell student allege happened at the Chi Phi fraternity house?
What were the allegations being made here?
This all begins in the fall of 2024 when a woman identified as Jane Doe, who was then a 20-year-old student here at Cornell University, says she was out at a bar drinking and then went to a fraternity house to meet up with one of the fraternity brothers at Chi Phi. And from there, she said she was subjected to what she now alleges was a gang rape after being plied with alcohol and forcibly drugged.
And for the course of many hours, she was sexually assaulted and raped. She was incapable of giving any kind of consent. She was given ketamine.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:38
2
Why did prosecutors reopen the Cornell University sexual assault investigation?
0:38–3:20
3
What does the Cornell student allege happened at the Chi Phi fraternity house?
3:20–5:03
4
Why did the district attorney initially decline charges in the Cornell case?
5:03–10:00
5
Why were five suspects in the alleged UK airbase bomb plot released?
10:00–17:02
6
Why was Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich detained in Russia?
17:02–19:22
7
How did Russian agents arrest Evan Gershkovich?
19:22–24:09
8
How did Evan Gershkovich cope with prison and rebuild his life after release?
24:09–30:29