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Hayden Kelner, a senior at Ohio Wesleyan University and president of the Chi Phi fraternity there, experienced backlash after Cornell University’s Chi Phi chapter became embroiled in a lawsuit alleging members drugged and gang-raped a female student earlier this year. The incident has led to Kelner facing questions from peers and professors about his involvement with the accused chapter despite having no connection to it. He also took measures like going private on Instagram due to concerns over potential harassment related to the scandal.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-08,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
In ITHACA, Cornell University students, alumni, parents, and professors held a public hearing on October 4, 2026, expressing outrage over the university's handling of an alleged gang rape case from October 2024. A civil lawsuit filed by a plaintiff identified as Jane Doe accuses seven fraternity members of raping her while she was drugged and incapacitated. The university has rejected claims that it mishandled the case, but critics argue it failed to adequately address sexual misconduct on campus. The Tompkins County District Attorney plans to file criminal charges against the accused students despite initially declining to prosecute in 2024 due to a lack of evidence establishing non-consent at the time. This incident has sparked broader concerns about campus safety and accountability for sexual assault cases.
Written for “Cornell Gang Rape Investigation Reopened” on 2026-10-08,
grounded in this article and the 147 other(s) covering the same event.
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Leaning score withheld for article 64328: attributed speech only · logged 2026-10-08
Hayden Kelner, a senior at Ohio Wesleyan University, was giving a campus tour last month when his group reached fraternity circle, the epicenter of the school’s Greek life.
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A chaperone asked which fraternity was Kelner’s.
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Kelner → ask → ?
He hesitated, and then told them he was the president of Chi Phi.
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he → hesitate → Phi
The eight high school girls in his tour group took a step back and grimaced.
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Chi Phi’s Cornell University chapter, hundreds of miles away in Ithaca, New York, is at the center of a lawsuit alleging seven of its members drugged and gang-raped a female student, Jane Doe, in 2024.
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“I felt disgusting—not about myself, but about what that name carries now,” Kelner told The Free Press.
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Kelner → feel → Press
“It’s hard seeing an organization that I care about so much get tainted by something like that.”
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Kelner, 22, has nothing to do with Chi Phi’s Cornell chapter and doesn’t know any of its members.
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Kelner → have → members
When he first heard about the case, he was at work in the admissions office.
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His heart sank, he said, thinking of what Doe says she endured and what it took to report it.
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“It’s terrible what happened,” Kelner said about the allegations.
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Kelner → ’ → allegations
“It’s horrible, but that’s not our chapter.”
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that → ’ → ?
But in the weeks since, the case has followed him anyway.
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A professor stopped him to ask whether his fraternity was the one she had seen on the news, he said.
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Kelner made his Instagram account private, so his family and partner wouldn’t be targeted.
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He worries about wearing his Chi Phi letters off campus, where strangers only know the name from the news.
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strangers → worry → news
“I’m worried about my own safety,” Kelner said.
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Kelner → ’m → safety
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