Case of alleged rape at US university reopened after lawsuit filed
Jane Doe said in her lawsuit that she was intoxicated during the alleged incident and was incapable of providing consent.She said she reported the incident to Cornell University Police on 8 November 2024. In a statement on Monday obtained by CBS, the BBC's US partner, he said: "In the days following the assault, [Jane Doe] was traumatised, numb and unable to function or accept the horror of what had happened. She was in self-preservation mode."Giuffra said Jane Doe never spoke to anyone other than the officer who took her initial complaint, adding: "I would have expected at the very least that she would have been interviewed several times and evidence collected by law enforcement and a case developed.
- ▪Jane Doe said in her lawsuit that she was intoxicated during the alleged incident and was incapable of providing consent.She said she reported the incident to Cornell University Police on 8 November 2024.
- ▪In a statement on Monday obtained by CBS, the BBC's US partner, he said: "In the days following the assault, [Jane Doe] was traumatised, numb and unable to function or accept the horror of what had happened.
- ▪She was in self-preservation mode."Giuffra said Jane Doe never spoke to anyone other than the officer who took her initial complaint, adding: "I would have expected at the very least that she would have been interviewed several times and ev
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Case of alleged rape at US university reopened after lawsuit filedImage source, Matt Burkhartt/Getty ImagesByKayla EpsteinPublished10 minutes agoNew York state prosecutors say they will reopen a criminal inquiry into the alleged rape of a woman at Cornell University in 2024.The woman filed a civil lawsuit on 16 September alleging she was drugged and raped by multiple people at a fraternity house at the university."Once we determine the appropriate charges, the case will be prosecuted in the most objective and impartial means possible" through a grand jury, Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten said Monday.Cornell University said that while it supported the case being bought before a grand jury, "any suggestion that the university did not impose consequential punishments for…
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