BOTCHED: Six Pages no Charges, What the DA left out of the Cornell 7 Case
In October 2024, a Cornell sophomore, Jane Doe, says she was sexually assaulted by multiple men at the Chi Phi fraternity house during a night of drinking and ketamine use. Weeks later she went to the Cornell University Police Department. On November 14, 2024, an investigator interviewed her at length. The officer drafted a six-page statement written in her voice and handed it to her to sign. She took it home, added about 20 handwritten notes, signed it, and returned it the next day.
Police sent the statement to Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten. His office concluded the…
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