Cornell frat bros were disgusting, despicable and immoral but not clearly criminal, DA insists

The New York prosecutor reinvestigating horrifying gang-rape accusations against seven Cornell fraternity brothers defended the decision not to previously press charges — saying the students were “disgusting, despicable and clearly wrong morally,” but not criminal.Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten told Fox News Tuesday morning that even the latest allegations in the accuser’s lawsuit will only lead to charges against the so-called “Cornell Seven if the new investigation unearths “new evidence that we don’t know about.”He expressed horror at the behavior of the accused Chi Phi fraternity brothers — Matthew Ingalls, Johnathan Newell, Winston Lee, Gillio Lopes, Diego Sarabia, Scott Norris and Scott Kretzschmar — but maintained the accuser’s written testimony did not prove she was drugged and gang raped.“Back in November of 2024, my office reviewed a very detailed, six-page, single-spaced statement that was carefully provided by Jane Doe,” the DA said.It included “20 handwritten corrections,” giving them confidence it was the accuser’s full story of what happened in the frat house in Ithaca, NY, Van Houten said.“That document was thorough, it was comprehensive, it was candid — it said exactly everything that happened,” he maintained.“While … the conduct of these men was disgusting, despicable, and clearly wrong morally, the allegations, if accepted as true, did not allege violations of the penal law,” he said.“There’s no probable cause to charge these men at that point with crimes.”That includes key parts of her latest allegations, the DA insisted, including her claim in the lawsuit that she “was plied by the fraternity brothers to take drugs.”“That’s not coerced.

That is not forced.She took them voluntarily.

And her statement specifically says she agreed to take the ketamine,” Van Houten stated.Even the grim screenshot of a Snapchat message one of the accused bros sent promising the othe...