Editor’s note: This story includes discussion of sexual assault.
The Cornell Daily Sun, an independent student-run newspaper at Cornell University, published an article on Sept. 18, 2026, detailing a lawsuit filed two days prior accusing seven members of the university’s Chi Phi chapter of a gang rape that took place in Oct. 2024.
The anonymous plaintiff, referred to in court documents as “Jane Doe,” alleges the seven fraternity members pressured her to snort ketamine and gang-raped her for seven continuous hours during the night of Oct. 19, 2024, and into the following morning…