Everything we know about explosive Cornell 7 rape case shocking the nation

Disturbing allegations of a drug-fueled gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity house have captured the nation’s attention since the case exploded into public view last month.The public furor has only grown as new, and at times conflicting, details have emerged in the weeks since — with all of the involved parties vying to control the horrific case’s twisting and turning narratives.“The Cornell case raises questions that go far beyond the alleged sexual assault itself,” said Sarah Klein, a prominent civil attorney who specializes in representing survivors of sexual abuse.Beyond the sickening claims made against seven then-members of the Chi Phi fraternity, Cornell University, the local upstate New York district attorney and campus police have all been forced to defend their actions in the aftermath of the alleged 2024 incident.The drama started on September 16 when the woman, identified only as Jane Doe in court papers, filed the sprawling 101-page lawsuit accusing the seven men of plying her with alcohol and ketamine and subjecting her to an hours-long sexual assault at the Chi Phi house.Doe — who was then-a 20-year-old junior at the Ivy League school — said that a night out partying turned ugly after she arrived at the frat house on Oct.19, 2024, and a brother she was crushing on propositioned her for a threesome.“In her drunken state, [Doe] was incapable of consenting to this proposition,” the suit states — yet the fraternity member still led her upstairs.He and a fellow Chi Phi brother allegedly “pressured” her into snorting ketamine — a powerful tranquilizer she’d never tried before — and also plied her with marijuana and high-proof rum, the suit states.Soon after, both men “began engaging in sexual acts” with her — and the night devolved even further as more fraternity members slunk into the room, snorting lines of ketamine off of her body and having sex with her, according to the lawsuit.Unbeknownst to the at the time...