A significant development has emerged in the Cornell sexual assault investigation, as the District Attorney has disclosed that campus law enforcement failed to transmit the complete statement provided by the alleged victim.
The undisclosed portion of her account reportedly contained her explicit assertion: “I can say with 100% confidence, I was raped.”
DA to request for full transcript from Cornell Police
His review was limited to the investigation’s findings, which contained a summary wherein campus law enforcement officers reported that she described the interaction with fraternity members as voluntary, conscious, and consensual. The implication of this account suggests that, if the DA’s statement is accurate, Campus Police may have withheld the primary allegation from prosecutorial review—specifically, her assertion that she had been sexually assaulted. CBS News procured the transcript documenting Jane Doe’s interview conducted with Cornell Campus Police as part of their investigative proceedings in November 2024.
During the course of this interview, she said that at a particular juncture, she experienced a state of being “completely and totally incapacitated. He was not provided access to the complete transcript documenting her two-day interview conducted by Campus Police, according to Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten . The District Attorney said that he would request the transcript and then communicate with Cornell Police.
