A former Cornell University student has sued the university and seven Chi Phi fraternity members, alleging that she was drugged and sexually assaulted at the fraternity house in Ithaca in October 2024.
The allegations have not been established as fact in court. Her attorney, Thomas Giuffra, alleged that only two of the seven men named in the case were expelled, while other fraternity members faced lesser disciplinary measures, including writing essays. The former student, identified as Jane Doe in court documents, filed the lawsuit in New York Supreme Court on September 16, alleging that Winston Lee, Scott Kretzschmar, Scott Norris, Matthew Ingalls, Johnathan Newell, Gillio Lopes and Diego Sarabia raped her, the report added.
The lawsuit also alleges that, while she was unconscious, one of the men posted “free p***y” in the fraternity’s Snapchat group, according to The Week . The woman was visiting a friend at Cornell’s Chi Phi house when two fraternity members allegedly pressured her into snorting what they told her was ketamine while she was drugged, according to the lawsuit. “Multiple people ‘began engaging in sexual acts (including both oral and vaginal intercourse) with Plaintiff, all without her consent,’” the lawsuit said. The woman reportedly notified Cornell’s university police department about three weeks after the alleged incident and later left the university, according to People magazine. Giuffra also said none of the alleged attackers was arrested.
