Cornell Police Tried to Get Phone Records in Jane Doe’s Sex Assault Investigation. Her Lawyer Says Records Never Got to DA
Drafts sent to Verizon and T-Mobile sought to preserve phone data as prosecutors later declined to pursue additional evidence, records show.
- Cornell University police drafted requests to wireless carriers on November 15, 2024, to preserve data regarding an alleged sexual assault involving Chi Phi fraternity members, newly obtained documents show.
- Tompisons County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten declined to file charges in 2024, stating his office received only a six-page statement and Snapchat messages exchanged by fraternity members during the incident.
- The draft letters asked Verizon and T-Mobile to "preserve all available data" including texts, calls, and emails; it remains unclear whether these requests were actually sent to the companies.
- After Jane Doe filed a lawsuit last month alleging she was drugged and gang raped at the fraternity house, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor.
- Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff pledged greater transparency and announced the board of trustees will commission an independent review by an outside law firm to examine the university's handling of the 2024 incident.
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By Gloria Pazmino, Jessie Yeung, Isa Mudannayake and Holly Yan, CNN Documents recently obtained and reviewed by CNN show that Cornell University Police wrote letters addressed to mobile phone companies about a week after a student, now known as Jane Doe, reported to the Police that she had been
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Ithaca, New York (CNN) — Newly obtained documents reviewed by CNN show Cornell University police drafted letters to wireless carriers about a week after a student now known as Jane Doe told police she had been sexually assaulted by members…
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