The so-called Cornell 7, accused by a young woman of drugging and gang raping her at a frat house in October 2024, have already been convicted — by politicians, by #MeToo absolutists, by the liberal media, by social justice warriors and, of course, by self-serving celebrities.
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Cornell → call → celebrities
It must be said: We have been here too many times before, to the detriment of falsely accused men whose lives and futures have been ruined.
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lives → say → men
Is that to say this Jane Doe is lying?
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Doe → say → ?
Or that she doesn't truly believe she was raped that night?
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she → believe → ?
It seems clear, based on the evidence thus far, that Jane Doe and multiple men engaged in group sex.
But the evidence has yet to support the rush to judgement we're seeing — as the likes of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Florence Pugh and Mariska Hargitay all declare these young men guilty.
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men → seem → Cortez
Into this fevered maelstrom storms New York Governor Kathy Hochul, yanking the original district attorney and, on Thursday, announcing New York Attorney General Letitia James as her hand-picked special prosecutor for this investigation.
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Governor → storm → investigation
Hochul, at a press conference on Friday: 'In what world would the police learn from the victim that she had literally been gang-raped while intoxicated… and not elevate those allegations to the district attorney?'
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she → learn → attorney
The so-called Cornell 7, accused by a young woman of drugging and gang raping her at a frat house in October 2024, have already been convicted - by politicians, by #MeToo absolutists, by social justice warriors.
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Cornell → call → warriors
It must be said: We have been here too many times before, to the detriment of falsely accused men whose lives and futures have been ruined
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lives → say → men
Of course, none of that has been proven.
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none → prove → that
And if the Governor of New York has already tried and convicted these young men before the world's media, why even bother with the investigation?
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Governor → try → investigation
This all smacks of political theater and virtue signaling.
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This → smack → theater
It has little to do with an actual search for the truth — however discomfiting that truth may be.
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truth → have → truth
Indeed, when The View's Sunny Hostin, a former federal prosecutor who loves claiming moral authority, opposes her liberal sisterhood – saying she believes the particulars of this case do not rise to criminal behaviour – well, it really is time to take a beat.
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Here's what we do know:
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Last month, a former Cornell undergraduate filed a 101-page civil lawsuit against the university, the Chi Phi fraternity, her sorority and a local nightclub in Ithaca, New York, where she claims she was served alcohol even though she was under the legal drinking age.
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she → file → age
She is also suing the seven frat brothers, alleging that she was forcibly drugged with ketamine and gang raped, for hours, on the night of October 19, 2024.
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she → sue → October
One text obtained by CBS News, allegedly sent in a Snapchat group by a frat brother on the night, asked: 'Shop still open?'
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text → obtain → night
Earlier that night, in that same alleged thread, it had been announced there was 'free p***y' upstairs.
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it → announce → thread
Another message: 'Like you can walk in and whip it out.
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you → walk → it
This is going to be a complex case.
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This → go → ?
Two days after this event — for lack of a better word — one of the frat brothers allegedly messaged Jane Doe directly to apologize 'for how things went down', saying he should have 'shut it down and kick[ed] people out before it got way out of hand.'
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it → message → hand
Jane Doe's alleged reply: 'Non[e] of the sexual stuff was illegal and honestly i really liked being w u.'
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i → allege → stuff
According to documents from Cornell's Title IX investigation, a roommate recalled Doe saying the night before had been 'crazy', and that she was laughing but possibly in shock.
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she → accord → shock
'As the days went on, I think she kind of came to realize that it was something bad and that she didn't really enjoy her time there,' the roommate said.
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roommate → go → time
Doe allegedly texted another frat brother on October 23.
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Doe → texte → October
'Bro, everyone knows,' she allegedly wrote, adding that fast-spreading campus rumors were 'RUINING my life temporarily'.
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rumors → know → life
The Chi Phi member allegedly replied that she had nothing 'to be ashamed of'.
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she → reply → nothing
'You're right,' she said.
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she → say → ?
'It'll get better.'
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It → get → ?
Later, Doe came across an online forum in which people were talking about the gang rape of a sophomore.
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people → come → sophomore
'That's kind of when I came to the realization that I had been gang raped,' she reportedly told the Title IX investigators.
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she → come → investigators
Yet she also seemingly wanted to attend an upcoming Chi Phi Halloween party.
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she → want → party
'chi phi is your house and you are welcome here,' one of the accused frat brothers allegedly texted her.
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one → accuse → her
'thank u i really appreciate that,' Doe responded.
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Doe → thank → that
'<3 i'll bring my cigs tomorrow.'
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i → bring → cigs
But when the fraternity's president reportedly called her to say she was disinvited, Doe texted the frat brother.
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Doe → call → brother
'I knew this was going to happen,' she allegedly wrote.
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she → know → ?
'The woman will always get the short end of the stick.
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woman → get → stick
Yall are covering your asses.'
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Yall → cover → asses
…and 27 more, not listed.
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