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US prosecutors reopen case of alleged frat house gang rape at Cornell University

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US prosecutors reopened an investigation Monday into an alleged gang rape at Cornell University following claims the elite college failed to properly punish the men involved. The alleged victim said in a civil lawsuit this month she was drugged with ketamine, assaulted and raped in 2024 by seven mem

What the coverage shows

All the outlets converge on the reopening of a Cornell sexual assault or gang-rape investigation, and most frame it as a prosecutorial review of a prior decision not to pursue charges. NPR and BBC note the lawsuit context, while The New York Times says the decision is being revisited after outrage over allegations in a lawsuit. The Independent is alone in calling the lawsuit “bombshell,” and ABC’s extract stands out for focusing on Cornell’s response rather than the investigation itself.

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