“At every turn she was failed”: NY Governor defends accuser in alleged Cornell sexual assault case

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James provided an update Friday on the ongoing investigation into the alleged sexual assault of a female Cornell University student in 2024. The accuser, currently referred to as “Jane Doe,” alleged two Octobers ago that seven male students gang-raped her at the Chi Phi fraternity house while she was intoxicated. “This young woman had already endured something that is utterly unspeakable and that, at every turn, she has failed by people and institutions with an obligation to protect her,” Hochul said, noting she was “deeply disturbed” by initial responses – or a supposed lack thereof – from Cornell police and, subsequently, the Tompkins County District Attorney after the alleged crime was reported in November 2024. Hochul continued: “In what world would the police learn from a victim that she had been literally gang-raped while intoxicated by [seven] men in a fraternity house, and not elevate those allegations to the distr

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