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Cornell University expelled two members and suspended several others from the "Cornell 7" fraternity group after being found responsible for sexual misconduct by a university panel in May 2025. Matthew Ingalls and Jonathan Newell were expelled, while other accused individuals received varying degrees of punishment including suspensions ranging from one to three years and probation upon return. This contradicts the accuser's claim that all seven men merely wrote essays as part of their punishment for an alleged gang rape in October 2024. The article focuses on detailing each member’s specific punishments and accusations, highlighting discrepancies between the accuser's claims and actual university disciplinary actions.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-05,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
In October 2024, a civil lawsuit was filed against Cornell University by a plaintiff known as Jane Doe, alleging she was gang-raped in October of that year while intoxicated and drugged at a fraternity party. The alleged perpetrators are seven male students who remain unnamed due to ongoing legal proceedings; none have been criminally charged.
On Thursday, around 100 Cornell students, faculty, and family members held an emotional town hall on the Ithaca campus where they expressed frustration with the university's handling of sexual assault cases. Several speakers criticized the administration for failing to adequately address rape culture and support survivors.
Adriana Vink, a member of Cornell’s Student Assembly, organized the event, emphasizing that students felt let down by the university's response to the Jane Doe case and other instances of sexual misconduct on campus. According to surveys cited in November 2025, 35% of undergraduate women reported unwanted sexual conduct during their time at Cornell, up from 23% in 2023.
Meanwhile, Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten reopened a criminal investigation into the case, acknowledging the complexity and sensitivity of addressing such allegations.
Written for “Cornell Gang Rape Investigation Reopened” on 2026-10-05,
grounded in this article and the 122 other(s) covering the same event.
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Some of the “Cornell 7” accused in an alleged gang-rape were found responsible for sexual assault by the school and expelled, while others were suspended for more than a year — contradicting the accuser’s alarming allegations that the whole group got mere slaps on the wrist.
asserted
group → accuse → wrist
Two of the seven accused Cornell University fraternity brothers – Matthew Ingalls and Jonathan Newell – were expelled after being found responsible for sexual assault by a university disciplinary panel in May 2025, according to documents obtained by the New York Times.
uncertain
Two → accuse → Times
Newell manipulated her into taking ketamine while also striking her hard enough to bruise during intercourse, the school said.
asserted
school → manipulate → intercourse
The findings were determined after a private Cornell campus police investigation that did not lead to any criminal charges for any of the men over the alleged October 2024 attack.
asserted
that → determine → attack
The panel’s report has no legal standing.
asserted
report → have → standing
Each of the accused brothers have denied allegations of rape.
asserted
Each → accuse → rape
The school punishments doled out run counter to the explosive claims in the woman’s September civil lawsuit that alleged a gang rape and said all seven brothers were allowed to “mitigate their conduct by submitting essays” and nothing more.
uncertain
brothers → dole → essays
Cornell has since called the accuser “irresponsible” for suggesting it did nothing but require the young men to write punishment essays.
asserted
it → call → essays
Ingall and Newell were the only brothers Cornell found responsible for sexual assault over Doe’s 2024 allegations, which told a terrifying story of her being plied with alcohol and ketamine before being raped by numerous brothers in an hourslong orgy.
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her → find → orgy
The seven men were accused of participating in the alleged assault to varying degrees, with Ingalls and Newell facing the most severe punishments.
Chi Phi brother Winston Lee was accused of forced oral sex and snorting ketamine off the woman’s body and was suspended from Cornell for two years but allowed to return after that time.
Gillio Lopes faced similar allegations – sex with Doe without her consent – and was suspended for three semesters plus probation upon his return.
asserted
Lopes → accuse → return
Both Lee and Lopes were also required to study sexual harassment and submit essays of reflection, in addition to being barred from contacting the woman, according to the Times.
uncertain
Lee → require → Times
Diego Sarabi, accused of forcibly kissing the accuser, had already graduated by the time the disciplinary panel met but was at least barred from returning to campus for three years.
asserted
panel → accuse → years
Scott Kretzschmar and Scott Norris — both accused of being among the men who went to the room where the alleged assault happened after texts of “free p—sy” were sent to a fraternity-wide group chat — were ordered to write “reflection papers.”
asserted
texts → accuse → papers
Kretzschmar was found not responsible for sexual assault by the disciplinary panel but determined to have committed attempted sexual exploitation, the Times reported.
asserted
Times → find → exploitation
His lawyer has said he was “never accused of, nor found responsible for, rape.”
Chi Phi was suspended from campus when the woman made her assault allegations to the school about three weeks after the incident.
asserted
woman → say → incident
Despite the school’s findings — and campus police telling The Post it had shared all investigative material with prosectors — the Tompkins County District Attorney’s Office declined to pursue charges, claiming the woman’s statements indicated her participation in the sex and consumption of drugs and alcohol were all consensual.
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participation → tell → drugs
Her lawyer has said the punishments the brothers faced “did not reflect the severity of the charges.”
“With the exception of two of these men, all of them will be able to graduate with a Cornell diploma and live their lives reaping the benefits of this coveted degree,” her lawyer, Thomas Giuffra, told The Times.
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lawyer → say → Times
“In contrast, as of today, it is doubtful whether Ms. Doe will even graduate college or ever live a normal life due to what these men did to her,” he said, referring to his client’s anonymity listed as Jane Doe in court papers.
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he → graduate → papers
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