Accused Cornell frat bros lawyer dismisses heinous rape claims as money grab, claims client only guilty of immature comment
Horrific allegations that Cornell University fraternity brothers gang-raped a co-ed are nothing more than a “money grab,” a lawyer for one of the accused has claimed — while insisting his Ivy League client did little more than make an “immature comment” about the ordeal on SnapChat.“The plaintiff can peddle any story she wants, but intentionally victimizing an innocent person for a money grab is reprehensible,” said Jeremy Saland, the lawyer for accused former Cornell student Scott Kretzschmar, to The Post late Sunday.“While Scott made an immature comment on Snapchat, he did nothing else,” Saland said.“For the few minutes he was in the room with the plaintiff, Scott did not see her in duress or undress, was involved in no sexual activity nor touched the plaintiff in any way and ingested no ketamine.”Kretzschmar was one of the seven Cornell Chi Phi fraternity brothers accused in a damning 101-page Manhattan lawsuit that claims a 20-year-old female student was plied with booze and ketamine after a night out in October 2024 before being raped by multiple men for hours.The accused frat bros — Kretzschmar, Scott Norris, Johnathan Newell, Matthew Ingalls, Gillio Lopes, Winston Lee and Diego Sarabia — allegedly took turns participating in the attack for hours, with Newell even sending a message in a house group chat announcing there was “free p–sy” to be had, according to the lawsuit.“You can walk in a whip it out,” someone responded.Another chat member said, “I f–king love chi phi.’’Kretzschmar entered the room and participated in pouring lines of ketamine on the woman’s body to snort off her, the suit alleged.He also texted in the “free p–sy’’ group chat, ”diego went 7 min ago and is not afk sooooo” and “the alumni shit is not a bit.first person pov not a bit.”The woman reported the alleged attack to Cornell a week later — with the university doing little more than suspending the accused before allo...