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Governor Hochul pushes for a thorough investigation into how Cornell University handled 2024 gang rape allegations.

Governor Hochul pushes for a thorough investigation into how Cornell University handled 2024 gang rape allegations.

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September 30th, 2026

Governor Hochul pushes for a thorough investigation into how Cornell University handled 2024 gang rape allegations.

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

纽约州州长凯西·霍楚尔于周二呼吁对康奈尔大学处理2024年一起轮奸指控的方式进行调查。

In the allegation, a woman claimed that she was sexually assaulted by seven students after being plied with alcohol and drugged.

该指控中,一名女子称她在被灌酒和下药后遭到七名学生性侵。

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

该女子本月提起诉讼,称她于2024年10月在康奈尔大学校园内的Chi Phi兄弟会会所遭到性侵。

Her lawsuit claims that, prior to the incident, she was forced to take ketamine, smoke marijuana, and consume alcohol until she was incapable of consenting to sexual activity.

她的诉讼称,事发前她被迫吸食氯胺酮、吸食大麻并饮酒,直至她无法对性行为作出同意。

The woman reported the matter to the Cornell University campus police department, yet at the time the local district attorney's office chose not to bring charges against anyone.

这名女子向康奈尔大学校园警察部门报告了此事,然而当地地区检察官办公室彼时却选择不对任何人提起诉讼。

As public outrage over the woman's allegations continued to intensify, the office reopened its criminal investigation on Monday.

随着公众对这名女子指控的愤怒情绪持续升温,该办公室于周一重新启动了刑事调查。

Democrat Hochul said she supported the decision by Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten to reopen the investigation, but noted that deeper problems remain with Cornell University's reporting, response and prevention systems, and 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深层的问题。

The governor called for hiring an outside law firm to conduct an independent investigation into the university's response.

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 simply shocking," 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,本应保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 multiple media interviews on Tuesday, Van Houten argued that although the male student involved had done something "morally wrong," the woman's initial statement to the police did not include allegations that she had been drugged, rendered incapable of consenting, or forced into sexual activity.

在周二接受的多次媒体采访中,范霍滕辩称,尽管涉事男学生做了“道德上错误”的事情,但该女子最初向警方陈述此事时,并未包括她被人下药、失去同意能力或被迫发生性行为的指控。

She chose to report it to the police because she knew deep down that it was wrong," Van Houten told CNN.

她之所以选择报警,是因为她深知那是不对的,”范霍滕向CNN表示。

Rather than releasing the sworn statement the victim gave to the police, Van Houten published a summary that included some of her direct quotes.

范霍滕并未公布受害者向警方提供的宣誓陈述,而是发布了一份摘要,其中包含她的部分直接引语。

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

他还为其办公室在最初与警方交谈后决定不对这名女子——法庭文件中化名为简·多伊——展开进一步调查的做法进行了辩护。

"There is no doubt whatsoever. We need not seek any further information, because all the information the police obtained from Jane Doe—all of it coming from the very detailed, very comprehensive statement she provided—is already fully in our possession," Van Houten said.

“没有任何疑问。我们无需再寻找更多信息,因为警方从简·多伊那里获得的所有信息——都来自她所提供的非常详细、非常全面的陈述——我们已经全部掌握,”范霍滕说。

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

范霍滕的办公室并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,康奈尔大学便公开披露,校方正在调查“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 also announced that the fraternity and several students had been suspended, and that parallel investigations by the police and the university were also under way.

该校还宣布,该兄弟会及数名学生已被停学,警方与校方正在进行的平行调查亦在推进之中。

On Monday, the university said in a statement that it supported the decision to reopen the criminal investigation, adding that its own inquiry had resulted in some students being disciplined or expelled.

周一,该校在一份声明中表示支持重启刑事调查的决定,并补充说,其自身调查已导致一些学生受到纪律处分或被开除。

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 release further information about the disciplinary actions taken against individual students.

康奈尔大学以隐私规定为由,拒绝公布有关个别学生纪律处分的更多信息。

The woman's complaint alleges that the university failed to prevent the alleged assault and did not properly address incidents of sexual violence on campus.

该女子的诉状指控校方未能阻止所指控的袭击事件,亦未妥善应对校园内发生的性暴力问题。

The complaint also includes a photograph that is said to show fraternity members discussing the evening's plans in a group chat.

诉状中还附有一张照片,据称其内容显示兄弟会成员在群聊中讨论当晚的活动安排。

Van Houten described the photo as a "red herring," adding that it was irrelevant to the legal analysis of the case.

范霍滕称这张照片是“转移注意力的幌子”,并称它与本案的法律分析无关。

"We received it, but the material is irrelevant to assessing whether Jane Doe consented, or whether there is evidence that she did not consent as defined by criminal law," he said.

“我们收到了它,但该材料与评估简·多伊是否同意,或是否存在刑法所定义的她不表示同意的证据,均无关联,”他说。

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