Cornell's handling of an alleged 2024 fraternity gang rape is under renewed scrutiny, and a newly obtained police transcript is at the center of it. CBS News New York investigative journalist Mahsa Saeidi reports that she secured the campus police interview transcript of the student identified as Jane Doe, whose case prompted Cornell's internal probe and subsequent expulsions and suspensions. The criminal case was initially declined by prosecutors—who say Doe's signed 2024 statement was key to that decision—but the investigation has since been reopened.
According to Saeidi's reporting, the transcript shows Doe described heavy drinking and drug use that night and said she had memory gaps. She separated what she viewed as consensual sexual activity earlier in the evening from what she later described as rape, telling investigators, "I can say with 100% confidence I was raped" and alleging she was being hit "physically … very, very hard." A campus investigator drafted a six-page statement that Doe reviewed and affirmed, saying she was "very confident" about it before signing. Attorneys for two defendants say their clients deny the allegations. See Saeidi's full piece here. In a separate piece here, the journalist also looks at text messages between Doe and one of the defendants. Meanwhile, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday called for an investigation into the incident by an outside law firm, the AP reports.
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