Woman told Cornell investigators she 'felt like bait' during alleged gang rape
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The Chi Phi fraternity house at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, on Oct 1, 2026. (Photo: AP/Matt Rourke)
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NEW YORK: A woman who says she was gang-raped at a Cornell University fraternity told the school's investigators last year that she “felt like bait” as the attackers were “like lions around me”, according to records from the school’s disciplinary investigation.
The documents, reviewed on Friday (Oct 2) by The Associated Press, include excerpts of interviews Cornell's investigators did with the woman and the men she accused and shed more light on the university's handling of the case.
While heavily redacted, the records offer a fuller but sometimes conflicting timeline of events and a glimpse at how the men responded to the allegations. Some disputed the woman’s account and said they weren’t involved in any assault.
The woman, identified in court papers only as Jane Doe, sued Cornell and seven former students last month, alleging she was given ketamine and repeatedly assaulted at a fraternity house in October 2024.
She went to campus police three weeks after the encounter and gave a detailed account of what happened, but the local district attorney decided not to file criminal charges or push for more investigation after reviewing a police summary of her interview.
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