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Students allege Cornell did not take them seriously in reporting classmate who sexually and physically assaulted others

The Independent·Rhian Lubin·1 day ago
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Two female Cornell students sued the university three years ago, accusing the school of not taking them seriously when they submitted complaints alleging they had been “sexually, physically and verbally assaulted” by a male student, according to a report.

The women, who have not been identified, allege they were assaulted by the male student in 2018 and 2021 and that there were “at least five-ten others known to have been sexually abused” by him, according to court records obtained by New York Focus.

Cornell is under scrutiny for its handling of sexual assault on campus after a bombshell lawsuit was filed in September, alleging that Jane Doe, a former female student, was gang-raped by seven members of the Chi Phi fraternity at a drug-fueled party in October 2024.

The two female students sued Cornell in November 2023, according to New York Focus , which did not name the plaintiffs or the male suspect.…

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