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Governor Hochul presses for a thorough investigation into Cornell University's handling of 2024 gang rape allegations

Governor Hochul presses for a thorough investigation into Cornell University's handling of 2024 gang rape allegations

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September 30th, 2026

Governor Hochul presses for a thorough investigation into Cornell University's handling of 2024 gang rape allegations

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On Tuesday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul urged an investigation into how Cornell University handled a 2024 gang-rape allegation.

纽约州州长凯西·霍楚尔于周二敦促,针对康奈尔大学处置2024年一桩轮奸指控的方式展开调查。

The allegation holds that a woman was sexually assaulted by seven students after being plied with alcohol and drugged.

该指控称,一名女子在遭灌酒与下药后,被七名学生实施性侵。

The woman filed a lawsuit this month, alleging that she was sexually assaulted in October 2024 at the Chi Phi fraternity house on Cornell University's campus.

该名女子于本月提起诉讼,指控其于2024年10月在康奈尔大学校园内的Chi Phi兄弟会会所遭受性侵。

The complaint states that, prior to the incident, she was forced to ingest ketamine and marijuana and to consume alcohol until she was rendered incapable of consenting to sexual activity.

诉状载明,事发前她被迫吸食氯胺酮、大麻并饮酒,直至丧失对性行为作出同意的能力。

The woman reported the matter to the Cornell University campus police department, yet the local district attorney's office at that time resolved to bring charges against no one.

该名女子向康奈尔大学校园警察部门呈报了此事,惟当地地区检察官办公室彼时决意不对任何人提起公诉。

Amid mounting public indignation over the allegations she had raised, the office reopened its criminal investigation on Monday.

伴随公众就其所提指控而日益高涨的愤慨,该办公室于周一重启了刑事调查。

Democrat Hochul stated that she supported the decision by Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten to reopen the investigation, but pointed out that deeper flaws persist in Cornell University's reporting, response and prevention systems, as well as in its campus culture.

民主党人霍楚尔表示,她支持汤普金斯县地区检察官马修·范霍滕重启调查的决定,但指出康奈尔大学的报告、应对与预防体系以及校园文化仍存在更为深层的弊端。

The governor called for the engagement of an outside law firm to conduct an independent investigation into the university's handling of the matter.

这位州长呼吁聘请一家外部律师事务所,对该校的应对情况展开独立调查。

"The allegations in this case are nothing short of appalling," Hochul said in a statement.

“这起案件中的指控简直令人震惊,”霍楚尔在一份声明中说。

"It takes extraordinary courage for any student to come forward after experiencing something like this.

“任何学生在经历这样的事情后挺身而出,都需要非凡的勇气。

No student should ever have to wonder whether the institution that is supposed to protect them will listen and take action."

任何学生都不应怀疑,本应庇护他们的机构是否会倾听并采取行动。”

On Tuesday, an email seeking comment was sent to Cornell University.

周二,一封旨在寻求置评的电子邮件已发送至康奈尔大学。

In a series of media interviews on Tuesday, van Houten argued that although the male student's conduct was "morally reprehensible," the woman's initial account to the police did not include allegations that she had been drugged, rendered incapable of consenting, or forced into sexual activity.

在周二的一系列媒体访谈中,范霍滕辩称,尽管涉事男学生的行径在“道德上实属谬误”,但该女子最初向警方陈述此事时,其指控并未涵盖遭人下药、丧失同意能力或被迫发生性行为等情节。

"She resorted to reporting the matter to the police precisely because she knew full well how wrong such a course of action was," Van Houten candidly told CNN.

“她之所以诉诸报警,端在于她深知此举之谬,”范霍滕向CNN坦言。

Rather than disclosing the sworn statement the victim submitted to the police, Van Houten released a summary containing some of her direct quotations.

范霍滕并未披露受害者向警方提交的宣誓陈述,而是发布了一份载有其部分直接引语的摘要。

He also defended his office's decision not to pursue further investigation after the woman involved — identified in court documents by the pseudonym Jane Doe — initially spoke with the police.

他亦为其办公室在涉事女子——法庭文件中化名为简·多伊——最初与警方交谈后决定不再展开进一步调查一事进行了辩护。

"There is no question whatsoever. There is no need to gather further information, because we already possess all the information the police collected from Jane Doe through the exceptionally detailed and exceptionally comprehensive statement she provided," Van Houten said.

“不存在任何疑问。已无必要进一步搜集信息,因为我们已然掌握了警方从简·多伊处、经由她所提供极为详尽且极为全面的陈述所收集到的全部信息,”范霍滕表示。

Although Van Houten's office did not speak with the victim directly, the district attorney had indicated to the police that he would sit down with her and explain the relevant law.

范霍滕的办公室虽未直接与受害者进行交谈,然而这位地区检察官曾向警方表示,他会与她坐下来,向她阐释相关法律。

Shortly after the woman first came forward with her allegations in 2024, Cornell University publicly disclosed that it was investigating "serious and deeply troubling allegations of drug use and sexual violence at the Chi Phi fraternity house."

在这名女子于2024年首次提出指控后不久,康奈尔大学即公开披露,其正在调查“在Chi Phi兄弟会会所发生的关于吸毒和性暴力的严重且令人深感不安的指控”。

The university further announced that the fraternity and several students had been suspended, and that parallel investigations by the police and the university were underway.

该校还宣布,该兄弟会及数名学生已被停学,警方与校方的平行调查亦正在进行之中。

On Monday, the university expressed support in a statement for the decision to reopen the criminal investigation, adding that its own inquiry had resulted in disciplinary action, and even expulsion, for several students.

周一,该校在一份声明中表态支持重启刑事调查的决定,并补充称,其自身开展的调查已致使若干学生受到纪律处分乃至被开除。

The Chi Phi chapter remains barred from campus.

Chi Phi分会仍被禁止进入校园。

Citing privacy regulations, Cornell declined to disclose further information regarding the disciplinary measures taken against individual students.

康奈尔大学援引隐私规定,拒绝披露有关个别学生纪律处分的进一步信息。

The woman's complaint alleges that the university both failed to prevent the assault in question and failed to properly address the issue of sexual violence on campus.

该女子的诉状指控校方既未能防范所指控的袭击,亦未能妥善处置校园内的性暴力问题。

Attached to the complaint is a photograph that is alleged to show fraternity members discussing the evening's activities in a group chat.

诉状中附有一张照片,据称其内容显示兄弟会成员在群聊中讨论当晚的活动。

Van Houten characterized the photograph as a "red herring," asserting that it bears no relevance to the legal analysis of the case.

范霍滕将这张照片定性为“转移注意力的幌子”,并声称其与本案的法律分析毫无关联。

"We have indeed received the material, yet it has no bearing on assessing whether Jane Doe ever gave consent, or whether there exists evidence, as defined by criminal law, that she did not consent," he said.

“我们确已收悉该材料,然其与评估简·多伊是否曾予同意,抑或是否存在刑法所界定之其未予同意之证据,均无涉,”他如是说道。

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