Instead of protecting their female students, Cornell University and local law enforcement engaged in a cover-up. At a time when higher education is suffering due to fewer college-age young people in the United States, the Cornell case looms as a giant black eye.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul could not hide her rage at a press conference where she appointed Attorney General Tish James to be the special prosecutor to lead the reopened criminal investigation.
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Gov. Hochul said on Friday, “What we learned yesterday raised even more troubling questions about what was done and not done after this young woman came forward. She spoke to the police. She sat for hours and told them exactly what happened to her, and according to new reports, she could not have been clearer that she was 100% confident that she had been raped. Yet, shockingly, those words never made it into the account that the Cornell police sent to prosecutors. The attorney general then declined to pursue charges after reviewing that incomplete account and never interviewing her. Think about that.”
Jane Doe’s lawyer told CBS Saturday Morning that he is convinced that a cover-up took place.
