Overview
- A woman identified in court filings as Jane Doe says seven members of the Chi Phi fraternity sexually assaulted her in October 2024 and filed a civil lawsuit that publicly released interview transcripts and messages.
- President Michael Kotlikoff apologized in an interview but said he had not read Cornell Police or Title IX investigative records and did not know the student had left the university.
- Faculty members confronted Kotlikoff at a tense meeting and have moved toward a vote of no confidence that could increase pressure on the trustees who oversee his job.
- Cornell has barred fraternity parties for the rest of the academic year and launched an independent review of campus handling of sexual assault and Greek life operations.
- State prosecutors have taken a larger role in the criminal review, increasing the chance of grand‑jury scrutiny while the accused men deny the allegations and civil and university processes continue.