Escalation: DA Van Houten Reopens Alleged Chi Phi Gang Rape Investigation
Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten announced he is reopening the investigation into an alleged 2024 gang rape at Cornell University’s Chi Phi fraternity after the woman filed a civil lawsuit earlier this month. He is re-evaluating whether to bring criminal charges against seven fraternity members and has begun that review.
The lawsuit, filed Sept. 16 in New York Supreme Court, says the former student, then 20, was drugged with ketamine and raped for hours by multiple people at the fraternity house, and it names Cornell University and seven Chi Phi members as defendants. Reopening the case puts potential charges back on the table after prosecutors had previously declined to seek them.
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