Lawsuit alleges Cornell allowed persistent sexual assaults, misconduct from former male student

An ongoing lawsuit filed in 2023 alleges that Cornell University permitted a male student to sexually abuse two women and potentially others.

The lawsuit, filed by two alleged victims against Cornell and the alleged offender, said the university failed to protect the accusers and others from persistent sexual assault, sexual abuse and other misconduct.

“Throughout his enrollment in the school and on campus, the [defendant] sexually abused, sexually assaulted, and perpetrated egregious sexual misconduct against college students, specifically on the Plaintiffs,” according to a lawsuit filed in Tompkins County Supreme Court on Nov. 10, 2023.

The lawsuit was first reported by the New York Focus.

A judge on the case previously denied motions to dismiss the lawsuit. Pretrial discovery proceedings are underway.

“Cornell disputes any assertion that it failed to investigate reported sexual misconduct and absolutely rejects any assertion that it would have failed to act in response to multiple reports of such misconduct. The university has no further comment on this pending litigation,” according to a statement from a spokesperson for the school.

The student’s attorney, Keith White, said his client’s responses to the allegations “are asserted in the responses filed in the lawsuit” and declined to comment further.

Original source: https://www.nbcnews.com/health