SocietyDA defends decision not to prosecute alleged Cornell 'gang rape' case in 2024

Prosecutors in upstate New York are defending their 2024 decision not to charge anyone after an alleged “gang rape” at a Cornell University fraternity. Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten called the allegations “morally disturbing” but said the facts available then did not justify prosecution. He said that if social-media claims were true, the fraternity members would be imprisoned.