A bar named in the lawsuit at the center of the Cornell University sexual assault firestorm is disputing the alleged victim's claim that it served her alcohol while she was underage on the night of the alleged assault — a denial the bar has now also lodged in court.Moonies Bar & Nightclub, a downtown Ithaca, New York bar popular with Cornell students, told Fox News that underage guests at a private Tri Delta sorority event on Oct.19, 2024, were marked on their hands, while guests over 21 received wristbands.
The bar says its bartenders served alcohol only to guests wearing wristbands.The complaint and Moonies' account both say Doe was marked as underage.They differ over whether she was then served alcohol.Doe's lawsuit alleges a Moonies bouncer placed an "X" on each of the then-20-year-old's hands to signify she was under 21, but that she was nevertheless served and consumed at least one alcoholic beverage inside the bar.INSIDE EXPLOSIVE CORNELL RAPE ALLEGATIONS: 7 MEN ACCUSED, CONFLICTING ACCOUNTS AND A POLITICAL FIRESTORMThe Chi Phi fraternity house stands on the Cornell University campus in Ithaca, N.Y., on Oct.
2, 2026.(AFP via Getty Images)"No alcohol was served to anyone who had mark on their hands," Moonies said in a statement to Fox News Tuesday, disputing the allegations.CORNELL PRESIDENT SAYS UNIVERSITY 'MUST DO BETTER' ON HANDLING OF SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONSMoonies also told Fox News that Doe later worked for the company from February to March 2025 and discussed the October 2024 incident during that period.According to the bar, Doe never said during those conversations that she had been intoxicated at Moonies or served alcohol by one of its bartenders.Fox News Digital contacted Doe's attorney for a response to both of Moonies' assertions.In a formal answer filed Sunday in New York Supreme Court, Zareen Enterprises LLC, which does business as Moonies Bar & Nightclub, denied unlawfully selling or furnishing alcohol to anyone under the legal d...