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Timestamped transcript 01:20 The details are graphic, the allegations are horrific.01:24 My first reaction was referring to Jane Doe's testimony.01:28 She said, I felt like bait.01:30 I felt like lions around me.01:32 The orange form, like this is not an isolated incident.01:36 I am Jane Doe.01:37 I am Jane Doe.01:38 I am Jane Doe.01:39 And I'm not the only one.01:43 She thought this institution was going to fulfill her dream01:45 and instead it became her nightmare.01:47 She reported it.01:48 And no arrests were made.01:49 Jane Doe's story is alive and Cordell deserves an apology.01:52 Why do we have to go right to She's a Victim?01:54 She did.01:55 Is that to everybody in the fraternity house?01:59 Wow.02:00 How do we expect students to navigate this?02:03 I've never seen you feel so eager.02:05 You're taking us for nothing.02:06 We're just waiting for her.02:07 Okay?02:08 Don't receive any death threats.02:09 This university building vandalized.02:11 This has to stop.02:13 No, no, please.02:14 I made a ton of out of time in here.02:38 There's going to be some time left.02:40 That means to be like, okay.02:42 The paper is the longest continuously independent college day in the nation so we were founded in 188003:13 which was 15 years after Cornell University was founded.03:17 So most of the buildings you actually see on campus is newer than deeper.03:22 We are independent, editorial and financial with one university.03:27 It allows us to report completely honestly and be a very open source of information for students.03:34 Back in 2024, we received a crime alert on November 8.03:44 There was a complaint about sexual assault by several men03:48 at the 100 Block of Edgemore Lane,03:50 which is where the attack on paternity is located.03:53 I was a freshman at the time.03:55 I was about two months into my Cornell journey.03:59 I just saw the sexual assault alert04:02 and sent a screenshot to my mom04:04 by Cornell's living up to the American University04:07 I was in class and I remember getting a lot of texts.04:14 People were just talking immediately because it was just so alarming.04:18 We had all these questions about it.04:21 I kind of realized that there's something there that it's worth continuing to pursue.04:26 So it was kind of on my radar for a while.04:31 I started reaching out to Jane Doe.04:33 I told her I want to write a story on what happened.04:39 So we started speaking and she told me that she was going to file a lawsuit.04:44 A former Cornell University student filed a lawsuit alleging that she was04:48 deroged and gained right by several fraternity members in 2024.04:52 A former student sued Cornell with high-five fraternity and seven of the members.04:57 Jango did trust the son.05:00 She took to us and gave the son the only quote.05:10 So we were able to give a little bit of her perspective into that initial article05:15 published. The article walked through step by step with the lawsuit claim. Jane Doe went from a05:23 sorority event to a bar in downtown Ithaca, according to the lawsuit, before making her way up to the05:31 Kaifat house where she was texting with one of the defendants. He offered her a beer and they05:38 danced on the floor. He asked if she wanted to have a threesome with him and another05:43 member of the fraternity. According to the lawsuit, they went upstairs. She was allegedly05:50 coerced into taking drugs, including ketamine, and she was already very intoxicated. Then they05:56 started engaging in sexual activity. At first, she said it was consensual, and then became06:03 unconsensual as more of others were invited upstairs on a snap chat group chat. One of the06:09 It was just really important for me to personify individuals and so we decided to list the names of the simple defectors.06:42 There was no hesitation within the editorial team.06:45 We just wanted to make sure that people use it.06:48 These were individuals who had been in their classes06:51 that they could have possibly known.06:53 But none of us expected it to be like this.06:56 There was this decision in the category06:58 to print the names of the accused men.07:01 We need your process.07:02 We can't just ruin people's lives based on allegations.07:05 It's still a case where they are innocent.07:07 They haven't been charged.07:08 We did not want to sugarcoat anything.07:11 and we didn't want to omit details.07:13 We wanted to provide the community with as much transparency07:17 as we wish we had from the University.07:19 I'd like you to join me in looking at our great institution, Cornell University.07:26 Cornell has been at the very center of the screen of ideas07:29 and great events which have brought the world to various.07:32 What is the secret of Cornell rapid rise into the front-ranked, fake universities?07:39 Oh my God!07:41 If there is a secret, I suspect it is the talent for finding the proper names of ideals and practice.07:47 A blend of public and private.07:49 A freedom to respond to all.07:51 I'm here at Cornell.08:02 I am a member of a fraternity on campus.08:06 And I used to be a president of a fraternity.08:10 Being in Ivy Mead School.08:13 Cornell can probably be rigorous academically.08:16 But the issue with the culture at Cornell is that we're incredibly isolated.08:23 Which is nothing to do on campus.08:25 Fraternities provide a place to socialize.08:29 A place to build a community.08:31 Most people see it as we'd rather than.08:34 But we both have a problem.08:37 I think the problem comes from the lack of accountability08:41 and the education amongst fraternities08:45 about building better men, that is what fraternities were initially created to do,08:50 and they're not doing that exactly. What they're perpetuating is just a culture in some ways,08:57 on a nature-wise scale, is a cultural party, a culture of drinking. Because of that culture,09:03 it does create those, I wouldn't call them you got apples, but it does create the scenarios09:08 that we've seen at Cornell and at other schools, too. I have been working with09:17 the victims of sexual assault for just over 15 years,09:21 including time at an Ivy League institution.09:24 People will say you should talk to parents09:26 who are sending kids off to college09:28 about the prevalence of sexual assault.09:30 I agree with that.09:31 I think that's important conversation to have,09:33 but it is hard to talk about this.09:37 Parents sending students to universities09:39 have an expectation that those students will be safe09:42 or that schools will keep them as safe as possible09:45 while they're on campus.09:48 For students, it's an exploratory time.09:52 It's their first time leaving away from home.09:55 We see students doing things often for the first time,09:59 exploring substances or alcohol or drugs,10:03 rushing for sororities and fraternities.10:07 This brings them into new experiences10:09 and brings them into new places.10:13 I'm still surprised by how little people know10:17 about how prevalent sexual violence is on campus.10:22 One in five undergraduate women report10:25 having experienced sexual assault in some form.10:28 You see much higher rates for people10:31 who are associated with Greek organizations.10:34 The numbers at Cornell do seem a bit higher.10:37 And when students come forward10:44 with a report of sexual assault,10:46 they are supposed to be given10:50 a range of options.10:52 And one of those options is to report to law enforcement.10:56 Number eight, 2024, Jane Doe went to the campus police11:05 department.11:06 She had two days of interviews with an intake officer who11:10 conducted an investigation.11:13 And then when they brought their investigation11:15 to the Toppkins County District Attorney,11:18 he said criminal charges weren't pursued11:21 because the evidence that he was given11:24 was insufficient to constitute sexual assault.11:28 The district attorney declining to prosecute11:30 after he said campus police only sent him11:33 a six-page summary of Jane Doe's allegations,11:36 which her attorney said omitted11:38 her explicit allegation of rape.11:40 We are learning exclusive details11:42 about what the alleged Cornell rape victim11:44 told campus police in 2024.11:47 She said, quote,11:48 I can say with 100% confidence I was right.11:53 When she goes to CUP, she was calling the procedure.11:58 She gave police board of five hours of testimony.12:02 She also provided her medical records12:04 from when she went to Cornell Health two days after they12:07 saw.12:08 And they had the group chat, which12:11 invited members of the fraternity12:13 that prompted an investigation.12:16 And she thought that investigation was12:17 to Hondo enough until very recently.12:20 She thought they were still investigating,12:21 they're looking for evidence, running down the leads12:23 and all that stuff, and what we know now12:25 is that they closed the case12:26 and they weren't doing anything.12:28 And we just didn't think that an entire case12:31 could be distilled down to a six-page police report12:34 and that's it.12:35 To me, it is just shocking.12:39 And the one thing this case has taught us12:41 is that while you might have a great academic experience,12:44 your safety is not being looked after in the way12:48 that I think most parents expect when they drive their kids12:51 off to college for the first day of first year.12:55 My first reaction was, how disgusting.12:59 Not again, but not again.13:03 I went to Syracuse University.13:06 There were a series of rapes our first week on campus,13:09 and there was a sense of anxiety all around.13:12 You don't tell your parents that.13:14 You don't call home and say,13:15 get a little worried walking to class, it's not new.13:18 It's been going on a long time, and the culture13:20 has just never changed.13:23 In this case, the scaletus, the number of people involved,13:27 and the repugnancy for allegations13:30 would have drawn you to the local police department13:33 fairly quickly.13:35 Campus police, technically, they are13:37 depotized by the local police to function as a policing13:40 organization on campus.13:42 But one can very quickly see that there could be a conflict13:46 because you're also protecting the reputation13:49 of your boss of the university.13:55 Was influence my conflict an interest in this?13:58 No, I have no evidence of that.13:59 And I'm not saying that that was necessarily the case.14:02 But in a situation like this, you14:04 want to make sure that people believe in the process.14:09 If you go to the NYPD, they're14:11 employees of the city of New York.14:14 The Cornell police is different because they're14:16 employees of Cornell University. They're not independent. They're employees.14:21 Does Jane Doe believe that there's a problem with the case?14:24 I think Jane Doe does. I think her family does, and I certainly do.14:28 I called the university president and said I wanted to have an independent investigation.14:34 I want outside counsel to look at all the actions of the university.14:38 In the Toppkins County District Attorney's announcement, he's reopening the case.14:43 The point is a Jane Doe statement that said it did not establish a crime that occurred.14:49 The new reporting raises serious questions about the information his office relied upon when it made that decision.14:56 That's why I believe this case demands a special prosecutor who will provide a fresh thorough review of all the facts,15:04 including the information that has recently come to light.15:07 Prove to me and the public and the campus and the show women that everything you15:13 did was correct. People say well why didn't law enforcement handle this? That's a15:37 great question why didn't law enforcement handle this? In truth dangerous15:41 experience with law enforcement is the norm. The rates of prosecution are so15:47 incredibly low because the burden of proof required in a criminal15:51 prosecution is so high. So there's also a world in which there is a very15:55 real traumatic event that a school can and should address and there's not a16:01 criminal prosecution that's going to move forward and so another option is to16:08 bring forward a formal complaint for the University with Title IX.16:14 Title IX is a civil rights law and it applies to educational institutions16:19 that receive federal funding and it prohibits discrimination based on sex.16:24 It has applications in different areas, admissions, athletics, all forms of sexual harassment.16:33 There was guidance issued by the Obama administration.16:37 Today we're taking another important step with a focus on our college campuses.16:42 It essentially said you have an obligation to respond to sexual assault under Title IX.16:48 And the school's process is not intended to decide did you violate the law.16:53 it's intended to look at whether you violated the school rules that you16:59 agreed to when you joined the school community. This is not ever intended to17:03 replace a criminal prosecution but despite the fact that this is an17:08 educational process it might be the only process that a student survivor has to17:15 be heard. We know Jane Doe did file a Title IX complaint with the University but a lot of the17:23 details of the Title IX investigation are private and to the university is not17:29 allowed to share that. If you were to ask the question of what do we know about the17:33 Title IX process of Jane Delto, Mexico, we would have no answer.17:37 Tonight, the New York Times, obtaining more than 1,000 pages of material.17:41 The New York Times obtained the internal Cornell Title IX investigation.17:46 Photographs, texts, emails and interviews, according to the New York Times,17:50 The school expelled the two fraternity members who first invited J. Doe to that house.17:56 Two more suspended. One who had already graduated was barred from campus.18:00 Two were found not to be responsible for sexual misconduct.18:04 She wound up leaving the school while at least some of these young men were currently allowed to continue.18:11 So many people empathized with J. Doe.18:15 And this case and this situation opens a world for them.18:20 Common reaction is, it happens in this room.18:36 Oh yeah, they're in place.18:38 Why?18:39 I'm like, I don't like it.18:41 Hearing about Jane Doe was very of my own.18:45 I feel like I'm kind of having to like,18:47 really grieve things that I already grieve.18:52 When I was going through my trial, just after it happened,18:54 I just felt a lot of like inexplicable anger.18:58 And I feel like I don't realize I'm thinking something until I'm writing it down.19:05 Like, things like felt a little bit more real and less in my head.19:10 Oh my god, this one is about Title IX.19:14 Title IX was one long gaslighting session.19:19 For a whole year I felt like I was screaming into a crowd that couldn't hear me.19:23 The day before my Title IX hearing, I was writing my victim impact statement.19:35 I just didn't know what to say.19:40 I communicated physically and verbally and over-taxed, but I did not want to do anything.19:50 I did not choose to get raped, but I did experience the consequences.19:54 This is every document.20:00 that was used or involved in my case.20:05 I feel like this is a physical embodiment of sweet bleeding for people to believe me.20:11 I was a freshman. Two weeks after it happened is when I decided to report.20:20 The first course that I worked with was hired directly by another time on my office.20:27 And he was like, so you can go to time on night, or you can go to police, or you cannot report.20:32 But then immediately after, he would list all these things going through Title IX, it's easier.20:39 Obviously it's not easy no matter what, but to the years in the 19-year-old girl who was very lost and hurt and confused,20:48 it was presented in a way that Title IX looked like it made the most sense.20:54 My Title IX process was almost a year.21:01 Some people just wait a year to get a date for a hearing.21:06 There's probably 26,000 students at Cornell,21:11 and at the time when I was going through the process,21:14 there was two victim advocates.21:17 They were spread so thin.21:24 You don't know when your decision to come21:27 kind of just pops up in your email.21:30 There's something attached,21:32 so you can download the verdict here.21:34 The report said that they had found him responsible for sexual assault.21:45 And there was kind of like this like sense of relief that I was believed.21:50 And then I got to the parlor when there were the sanctions.21:54 He had a written recommend, a no-contact order.22:00 He was on disciplinary probation.22:03 It says a year, but he graduated in two months.22:06 So it in effect was two months.22:08 And then he had to do a directed study that involved writing a reflection paper.22:15 In my verdict, the language for their rationale was, he didn't seem malicious.22:25 I was hoping he would get Sismedirex Belt.22:32 You know, he gets to graduate, he's gonna start his career.22:39 and he could just have remembered it as a bad night,22:47 whereas I don't get that.22:58 I just felt like, what did I do all of that for?23:13 I think what we have to acknowledge is23:15 Title IX procedures are not intended23:18 to make a survivor feel better.23:21 Some people think it is educational23:23 and that the sanctions should be largely educational.23:26 And so the process is often unsatisfactory, and so are nearly all systems of accountability that they can spill through.23:39 I think if people are upset by Cornell's response, in this particular case, of Jane Doe,23:49 and what they're truly upset with is what's Title IX.23:54 Because it does look like, overall, Cornell comply with the Title IX regulations24:01 and in fairness the process moved actually quite quickly for one that24:05 involved as many students as this. And what I understand it was quite a robust24:10 investigation, multiple hearings, hundreds of pages of evidence were gathered.24:15 Cornell investigators conducted more than 50 interviews with 32 witnesses. The fact24:21 that Cornell expelled two students and suspended two others shows that they24:27 realized that this was a big case and that there was severe mishandling. We24:34 don't see expulsions as an outcome in a lot of cases. So maybe the school did for24:43 the most part what it is required to do. I guess then the question is, is that24:51 I think everyone here has gotten a better education of the title of my classes24:57 Classes, HX, Laws, Cormole, Regs, Libraries25:01 Engle and back class are building at Cornell University25:05 Thousands of students, faculty and community members demanding justice for Jay and Joe25:11 Justice for Jay and Joe25:14 The general kind of consensus among most of the students is that, oh, you know, you should25:27 file time tonight, but don't expect much.25:30 We had one little weekday enough with enough, and we're the main justice for Jane Doe.25:40 hearing and reading Jane Doe's case the last couple weeks, it's like I knew Jane25:46 Doe's experiences like all too well. I was sexually assaulted on campus. Seeing so25:55 many different people come together, it showed me that I wasn't alone. Every26:08 single person has either experienced personally or knows somebody who's26:14 experienced something like this. It's not just about Jane Doe. It's about what happened26:20 here five years ago, 20, 30 years ago. Sexual assault is a perennial problem at Cornell26:26 and the students and the faculty are asking, when is this going to stop?26:32 Administration can't just, you know, only care about these issues when it's something26:38 that they feel pressure about,26:42 they can't only be responding now26:44 because they're under the pressure of national news.26:55 Jimmy Doe felt really let down by the university.26:59 She didn't feel support.27:02 And so she wrote a letter from the faculty27:05 about when the president of River of Sorority27:08 spoke to the president of the university about it27:10 and his reaction instead of being concerned,27:12 expressing any concern for her.27:14 Jane was, well, why didn't she go to the police sooner?27:19 This was how he reacted.27:21 Back then, when it was a fresh issue27:23 and he could have really done something,27:25 he could have reached out to the police27:27 to find out what's going on.27:28 He could have reached out to the district attorney27:30 to find out what's going on.27:31 The fact is, by his own admission, he didn't do anything.27:35 Michael caught Lickoff telling the New York Times27:38 he never followed up with her27:40 or tried finding out if the accused men27:43 had been punished.27:44 Now, he's under heavy fire.27:45 His institution is under heavy fire.27:47 For the first time, Kotlokov offering a formal apology.27:51 What happened to Jane Doe in 2024 is deeply disturbing.27:56 Kotlokov acknowledging missteps in his administration27:59 handling of the case.28:01 My heart aches when I've been watching these videos.28:04 The university president put out a statement this morning.28:07 It acknowledges what he calls a deeply troubling culture28:10 of alcohol and drug abuse on campus.28:13 She thought this institution was gonna set her on a path28:16 and fulfill her dream, and instead it became her nightmare.28:18 But this is probably a first for her.28:20 She's probably thrilled to be so admired.28:22 You can't provoke consent two years after that.28:24 People say a lot of nasty stuff online.28:27 We're right over your horrendous behavior.28:30 It's not right.28:31 She's gone through hell for the last two years.28:33 The last month has made that far worse.28:36 She started getting tax, then she started getting threats,28:40 and then I hear what there'd been a swatting about.28:43 This person called the local police28:45 said that somebody was being murdered in her house28:47 and the police rolled up with assault rifles.28:50 Her father had to come out and explain once again28:53 to the swatting, hey, she's Jane Doe28:56 and people are calling in false reports.28:59 Her gun's put in a friend's face, her brother's face,29:03 her father's face, it's scary.29:06 This has gone too far.29:08 It's really not too far.29:10 It's a fucking mess.29:11 There have been multiple people online targeting random dudes,29:14 saying that they secretly wanted to pronounce that29:16 group, Docs, all the motherfuckers that were on that Snapchat29:19 fucking Fred.29:20 I've been Docs' friend, and you're greatly killed in my family.29:23 I would punch them all.29:24 Marvel ruined the man's name, because the Nog just29:28 wants to pull up.29:33 We all stand with Jane Doe,29:35 but this has been a huge pushback.29:38 It's not scary.29:41 And that's why I'm not revealing my name.29:45 I know people who are getting friends out.29:47 No part of this.29:49 People who are not in Greek life,29:51 people who are not here two years ago,29:54 and yet because they're a Cornelian,29:56 they're getting friends, and that's not right.29:58 All of a sudden, it went from the Cornell 730:01 to the Cornell 26,000.30:03 We are all somehow complicit in this failure30:05 by our administration.30:07 Tonight, a drastic step at Cornell University.30:10 a new fallout from the sexual assault controversy at Cornell.30:13 I just see my group child in my turn blow up.30:16 People are freaking out.30:18 People are angry.30:20 Cornell University announcing that it is now30:22 suspending all return to be social events for the rest30:25 of the school year.30:26 I threw my phone across the group.30:28 I was flibbed.30:30 People are upset that this happened.30:32 For sure, the administration's response?30:36 Yes, there is some blame to be put on attorneys.30:39 absolutely, but there's no question about that. There needs to be reform, but why are we discussing this two years later?30:45 Why did the institutions that were supposed to protect Jane Doe and investigate Jane Doe's allegations seem to all fail,30:52 and why is that failure being put on the fraternities?30:56 This blanket ban was all performative at the end of the day, because the parties are not ending, they're just going elsewhere.31:05 A blanket suspension is not the way that you fix a cultural or any sort of problem.31:14 We should all hear this case and be horrified.31:20 Shock me.31:25 I think about Emma at Columbia and the performance part.31:29 I will be carrying this dorm room mattress with me everywhere I go31:34 for as long as I attend the same school as Mary Viss.31:37 She loved that mattress across the state as the university president turned away from her.31:42 I think about Chanel Miller and the case involving Rock Turner at Sanford.31:48 Her swimmer, Rock Turner, was convicted sexually assaulting a woman while she laid unconscious.31:54 Rock Turner was free to have her only serving three months of a six-month sentence.31:59 How do you see the new movement have this incredible impact on survivors coming forward32:04 and telling their story.32:08 Thank you for your courage, Jane.32:10 There are these spikes in attention,32:14 and we do take some steps forward,32:16 but Salah in the backlash32:18 puts us right back to where we started.32:30 Wait, what is, is this the other?32:32 I love it. People still send me.32:35 That this is pizza place?32:37 Yeah, pizza for everyone.32:40 She signed Jane Doe.32:43 This is so many different people.32:45 Well, there was all Jane goes.32:52 Despite several instances of real, real negativity,32:57 there has been so much support for us.33:00 It really puts into perspective what we're doing33:03 and that our coverage is reaching people.33:07 I don't think, especially in the near future,33:11 that we're gonna revert back to how it was at Cornell.33:14 I don't know what is going to change,33:17 but the momentum on campus,33:19 I don't think this is something that's going to die out.
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