A 20-year-old Cornell student says she was pressured into snorting ketamine at the Chi Phi house at 107 Edgemoor Lane in Ithaca on the night of October 19, 2024.
At 1:42 a.m., according to her lawsuit, a fraternity member posted two words in the frat’s Snapchat group chat, “Chi Phi Actives.”
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“After a thorough review of the information available to us, we have terminated Matthew Ingalls’ contract, effective immediately. We are deeply sorry for what happened at the Chi Phi fraternity house in October 2024 and extend our concern to everyone affected by the incident. This decision is based on the information currently available and does not represent a determination of civil or criminal liability.”
These seven men are named in the lawsuit:
Matthew Ingalls
Johnathan Newell
Winston Lee
Gillio Lopes
Diego Sarabia
Scott Norris
Scott Kretzschmar
Prosecutors in central New York say they are reopening the investigation of alleged “gang rape” at a Cornell University fraternity in 2024 after a civil lawsuit filed earlier this month sparked outrage about the incident.
Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten said in a statement that his office is considering whether to bring criminal charges related to the incident, though he said the allegations in the civil complaint are “dramatically different” than the woman’s statement to police two years ago.
“It’s our intention to present the case to the Tompkins County grand jury with Jane Doe’s cooperation,” Van Houten told ABC News. “We want to reexamine whether there’s additional evidence that we were not aware of in November of 2024, that exists now that would change our assessment of the case and would result in the grand jury finding that there was criminal conduct.”
