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

https://mins.news/en/video/78396

- ABC News, 2026-09-29 09:58 UTC
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- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKEpvcpoeX0

> 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.

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