International

Justice for Cornell rape victim

Justice for Cornell rape victim
Photo credit: Sunday Guardian

Hundreds of thousands of parents from across the world send their daughters to study at universities across the United States. What took place at one of the elite universities of the US in 2024 was nothing less than the sacrificing of the life story of a girl student of Cornell in order to protect a group of young rapists. Word is that some of the guilty youth were from families that had made hefty financial contributions to Cornell in the past. The consequence was that someone in the higher administrative ranks of the university instructed the campus police to conceal the explicit charges of rape that had been made by the victim in her deposition. This and other redactions threw off track the efforts of the New York District Attorney to fully investigate the case. Much to the relief of the sex offenders and their families, no charges were filed by the DA’s office concerning the assault on the girl. Whatever took place was regarded as consensual, and hence permitted by law. The scholastic career of the victim was ruined, and she had to leave Cornell. The assault on her was so intense that her very continuation in academic pursuits was halted. However, she never gave up, she persevered in seeking justice. Not the “justice” of the campus police but actual justice for what she had suffered. Finally, the matter was reopened by the DA, when fresh DNA evidence was uncovered (that had presumably also been concealed by the campus police). Not just the assault but the manner of its handling by the university administration has infuriated the student community in Cornell, almost all of whom have their principles intact. Hiding behind its Ivy League cover, Cornell became a refuge…

Originally published by Sunday Guardian on Oct 4, 2026 Read the full article at sundayguardianlive.com
Read original
About this page. Sisnoo is an aggregator. This article was imported from a publisher feed and may have been reformatted. Copyright remains with the original publisher, and the headline, image and any quoted text are used for attribution and indexing purposes. Source links are preserved on every item in the archive.
Share

Comments

0 comments

No comments yet — be the first.

More from Sunday Guardian

View source

Related