New York prosecutor reopens investigation into Cornell University gang rape allegations

A New York prosecutor has reopened a criminal investigation into an alleged gang rape at Cornell University. The assault is said to have taken place at a Chi Phi fraternity party in 2024. The accuser says she was drugged and given alcohol before seven students raped her. The case had been inactive, but the alleged victim filed a lawsuit and the prosecutor decided to act. The case will now go before a grand jury in Tompkins County. Cornell ran its own investigation and punished several students, expelling some and suspending others. The Chi Phi chapter was shut down in 2024 and is still not allowed on campus. The university has said it supports the prosecutor's decision to reopen the case.