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Hochul, governor of New York, urges an investigation into Cornell's handling of a 2024 gang rape allegation

Hochul, governor of New York, urges an investigation into Cornell's handling of a 2024 gang rape allegation

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September 30th, 2026

Hochul, governor of New York, urges an investigation into Cornell's handling of a 2024 gang rape allegation

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Tuesday called for an investigation into Cornell University's response to a 2024 gang rape allegation, in which a woman claims she was sexually assaulted by seven students after being forced to consume alcohol and drugs.

La gobernadora de Nueva York, Kathy Hochul, solicitó el martes una investigación sobre la respuesta de la Universidad de Cornell a una acusación de violación en grupo en 2024, en la que una mujer afirma haber sido agredida sexualmente por siete estudiantes después de haber sido obligada a consumir alcohol y drogas.

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

La mujer interpuso una demanda este mes alegando que fue agredida sexualmente en la fraternidad Chi Phi, situada en el campus de Cornell, en octubre de 2024.

Her lawsuit claims that the assault occurred after she was pressured into inhaling ketamine, smoking marijuana, and consuming alcohol, to such an extent that she was incapable of consenting to sexual intercourse.

En su demanda se sostiene que la agresión se produjo después de que fuera presionada para inhalar ketamina, fumar marihuana y consumir alcohol, hasta tal punto que se hallaba incapacitada para consentir mantener relaciones sexuales.

The woman reported the incident to the Cornell campus police department; however, the local district attorney's office chose not to prosecute anyone at that time.

La mujer denunció el incidente ante el departamento de policía del campus de Cornell; sin embargo, la oficina del fiscal de distrito local optó por no procesar a nadie en aquel momento.

On Monday, it reopened the criminal investigation, amid growing public outrage sparked by the woman's allegations.

El lunes reabrió la investigación penal, en un contexto de creciente indignación pública suscitada por las acusaciones de la mujer.

Hochul, a Democrat, said she supported the decision by the Tompkins County district attorney, Matthew Van Houten, to reopen his investigation, but said that larger questions remain about Cornell's reporting, response, and prevention systems, as well as its campus culture.

Hochul, demócrata, dijo que apoyaba la decisión del fiscal de distrito del condado de Tompkins, Matthew Van Houten, de reabrir su investigación, pero dijo que persisten preguntas más grandes sobre los sistemas de denuncia, respuesta y prevención de Cornell, así como su cultura en el campus.

The governor called for an outside law firm to be hired to independently investigate the university's response.

La gobernadora pidió que se contrate un bufete de abogados externo para investigar de forma independiente la respuesta de la universidad.

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

“Las acusaciones en este caso son nada menos que horripilantes”, dijo Hochul en un comunicado.

"For any student to come forward after an experience like this requires extraordinary courage.

“Que cualquier estudiante se presente después de una experiencia como esta requiere una valentía extraordinaria.

No student should be left wondering whether the institutions meant to protect them will listen and act."

Ningún estudiante debería quedarse preguntándose si las instituciones destinadas a protegerlos escucharán y actuarán”.

On Tuesday, an email was sent to Cornell with the purpose of gathering comments on the matter.

El martes se remitió un correo electrónico a Cornell con el propósito de recabar comentarios al respecto.

In several interviews granted to the media on Tuesday, Van Houten maintained that, although the male students involved committed acts that were "morally wrong", the woman's initial account to the police about the incident contained no allegation that she had been drugged, incapacitated to the point of being unable to consent, or forced to have sexual relations.

En varias entrevistas concedidas a medios el martes, Van Houten sostuvo que, si bien los estudiantes varones implicados cometieron actos "moralmente incorrectos", el relato inicial que la mujer dio a la policía sobre el incidente no contenía acusación alguna de que la hubieran drogado, la hubieran incapacitado hasta impedirle consentir o la hubieran forzado a mantener relaciones sexuales.

"She went to the police because she was fully aware that what had happened was not right," Van Houten told CNN.

«Ella se dirigió a la policía porque era plenamente consciente de que aquello no estaba bien», declaró Van Houten a CNN.

Van Houten has not provided the police with the victim's sworn statement; instead, she merely published a summary that includes some of her direct quotations.

Van Houten no ha hecho llegar a la policía la declaración jurada de la víctima, sino que se limitó a publicar un resumen que incluye algunas de sus citas textuales.

She also defended her office's decision not to conduct any further investigation after the woman, identified in court documents under the pseudonym Jane Doe, initially spoke with the police.

Asimismo, defendió la decisión de su oficina de no llevar a cabo una investigación adicional después de que la mujer, identificada en los documentos judiciales bajo el seudónimo de Jane Doe, hablara inicialmente con la policía.

"There were no question marks.

«No había signos de interrogación.

Nor was there any need to look for more information, since we had everything the police gathered from Jane Doe through her statement, which was very detailed and very thorough, and which she provided," Van Houten said.

Tampoco hacía falta buscar más información, ya que teníamos todo lo que la policía recopiló de Jane Doe mediante su declaración, muy detallada y muy completa, que ella proporcionó», dijo Van Houten.

Van Houten's office did not communicate directly with the victim, although the district attorney had informed the police that he would meet with her to explain the law to her.

El despacho de Van Houten no se comunicó directamente con la víctima, aunque el fiscal de distrito había informado a la policía que se reuniría con ella para explicarle la ley.

Shortly after the woman made her allegations for the first time in 2024, Cornell publicly revealed that it was investigating "serious and deeply disturbing allegations of drug abuse and sexual violence at the Chi Phi fraternity."

Poco después de que la mujer formulara sus acusaciones por primera vez en 2024, Cornell reveló públicamente que se hallaba investigando “acusaciones graves y profundamente perturbadoras de abuso de drogas y violencia sexual en la fraternidad Chi Phi”.

It also announced that both the fraternity and several students had been suspended, and that parallel police and school investigations were underway.

Asimismo, anunció que tanto la fraternidad como varios estudiantes habían sido suspendidos, y que se encontraban en curso investigaciones policiales y escolares paralelas.

On Monday, the university stated in a press release that it supported the decision to reopen the criminal investigation, and added that its own investigation had resulted in some students being disciplined or expelled.

El lunes, la universidad manifestó mediante un comunicado que respaldaba la decisión de reabrir la investigación penal, y añadió que su propia investigación había derivado en que algunos estudiantes fueran disciplinados o expulsados.

The Chi Phi chapter remains banned from campus.

El capítulo de Chi Phi permanece vetado del campus.

Cornell has refused to disclose further information about the discipline of individual students, citing privacy regulations.

Cornell se ha negado a divulgar más información sobre la disciplina de estudiantes individuales, alegando normas de privacidad.

The complaint filed by the woman accuses the university of having failed to prevent the alleged assaults and of not having adequately addressed sexual violence on campus.

La denuncia interpuesta por la mujer acusa a la universidad de no haber prevenido las agresiones alegadas y de no haber abordado adecuadamente la violencia sexual en el campus.

It also includes a photograph that, according to her statements, shows a group chat among fraternity members in which the events of that night are discussed.

Asimismo, incluye una fotografía que, según sus declaraciones, muestra un chat grupal entre miembros de la fraternidad en el que se discuten los eventos de esa noche.

Van Houten dismissed the photo as a "red herring", noting that it had no bearing on the legal analysis of the case.

Van Houten calificó la foto como una “pista falsa”, señalando que no tenía relación con el análisis legal del caso.

"We received it, although it was not relevant to assessing whether Jane Doe consented or whether there was any evidence of a lack of consent on her part as defined by criminal law," she said.

«La recibimos, aunque no era relevante para evaluar si Jane Doe consintió o si había alguna evidencia de falta de consentimiento por su parte según lo define la ley penal», dijo.

September 30th, 2026

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