World
Chapter of oldest US fraternity faces scrutiny over Cornell accusations
A woman alleged members of the fraternity plied her with ketamine, marijuana, rum and beer, and assaulted her in October 2024.
FULL ARTICLE · The Straits Times World
Alan Blinder and Michael S. Schmidt
ITHACA, New York – The Cornell University fraternity at the centre of a sexual assault inquiry was a campus fixture for more than a century before school officials banished it nearly two years ago as the accusations initially emerged.
The fraternity, Chi Phi, is now among the defendants in a lawsuit brought by a woman, identified in court records only as Jane Doe, who said she was raped repeatedly at the chapter’s house in Ithaca, New York.
Get unlimited access to exclusive stories and incisive insights from the ST newsroom
SOURCE