Cornell University police made drug arrest hours before alleged sexual assault

Cornell University police made a drug-related arrest at a fraternity house 22 hours before a former student alleges she was drugged and sexually assaulted there, according to police records.

The Cornell Daily Sun reported Saturday that campus police responded to the Chi Phi fraternity house shortly after 1 a.m. on Oct. 19, 2024, made a drug-related arrest and referred an individual to the university’s Office of Student Conduct.

The archived police log cited by the Sun and reviewed by NBC News does not identify the individual or the drugs involved or establish a connection between the drug incident and the alleged assault later that night.

NBC News has reached out to Cornell University and its police department for comment.

The former Cornell student, identified as Jane Doe, filed a lawsuit last month against the university and seven Chi Phi brothers, alleging she was sexually assaulted over the course of hours that night while she was under the influence of ketamine, alcohol and marijuana.

In a police interview conducted after the alleged assault and documented in records obtained by NBC News, a woman told investigators she had seen a fraternity member with a bag of ketamine about two months earlier. She…

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