The woman reported the assault to police and went to a hospital for treatment, according to Chicago police. A 21-year-old woman has alleged that she was sexually assaulted at a fraternity house near the University of Chicago campus last weekend.
They say that both were partially undressed. The man was later described to the police as a South Asian male. The incident comes at a time when the alleged gangrape at Cornell University has sparked a nation-wide conversation about sexual assault on campus. (Also read: Cornell suspends fraternity parties, brings in state police amid scrutiny over 2024 rape allegations ) The Chicago Sun-Times, citing the police report, said the woman told police she had been drinking and dancing at the party before she began feeling unwell. Sunday, October 11 : The incident is reported to campus police at 2:10 am.
Shortly afterwards, two of the woman’s friends found her “not fully conscious” in a bathroom with a man. The friends told police that to get into the bathroom, they had to force their way through several men who were “cheering and appearing to encourage the activity inside,” the Sun-Times reported. According to the university daily crime log: “A victim reported they were sexually assaulted by an unknown suspect while at a party in the off-campus residence.”
