Cornell University police made a drug-related arrest at a fraternity house 22 hours before a former student alleges she was drugged and sexually assaulted there, according to police records.The Cornell Daily Sun reported Saturday that campus police responded to the Chi Phi fraternity house shortly after 1 a.m.on Oct.
19, 2024, made a drug-related arrest and referred an individual to the university’s Office of Student Conduct.The archived police log cited by the Sun and reviewed by NBC News does not identify the individual or the drugs involved or establish a connection between the drug incident and the alleged assault later that night.NBC News has reached out to Cornell University and its police department for comment.The former Cornell student, identified as Jane Doe, filed a lawsuit last month against the university and seven Chi Phi brothers, alleging she was sexually assaulted over the course of hours that night while she was under the influence of ketamine, alcohol and marijuana.In a police interview conducted after the alleged assault and documented in records obtained by NBC News, a woman told investigators she had seen a fraternity member with a bag of ketamine about two months earlier.She also said he had previously overdosed and been transported for treatment.
The interview does not establish when that occurred or whether she witnessed it.Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff said in a video message Saturday afternoon that what Jane Doe alleges is “deeply disturbing” and raised questions about the investigation that followed.For SubscribersFOR SUBSCRIBERSHow Trump’s strikes against Houthis foreshadowed struggles in Iran warFOR SUBSCRIBERSWalmart’s quest for market share expands with a new bohemian fashion brandFOR SUBSCRIBERS‘It’s not enough to not rape somebody’: How parents are talking to kids about Cornell allegationsFOR SUBSCRIBERSLove is a casualty of war: How Russia’s invasion is killing Ukraine’s birthrateFOR SUBSCRIBERSHigh-prof...