The leadership crisis comes as one of the seven accused fraternity members, Matthew Ingalls, now claims he was the victim of sexual assault by the accuser, known as Jane Doe, alleging he was too intoxicated from alcohol and ketamine to consent. While Cornell has already expelled two students and suspended two others, all defendants continue to deny wrongdoing. New York Attorney General Letitia James was appointed as special prosecutor to lead a reopened criminal probe, while the accuser's lawyer reports she has been targeted by doxing and threats to drop her lawsuit.
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Cornell Faculty Seek No Confidence Vote After Campus Uprising
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Educators at the Ivy League institution filed a motion to formally renounce university administration following the controversy over a student's reported assault. Members of the Faculty Senate introduced a resolution for a vote of no confidence that is backed by approximately 40 senators and may be decided as soon as next week. This escalation follows protests by thousands of students who vandalized Day Hall and demanded the resignation of President Michael Kotlikoff over the school's handling of an alleged 2024 gang rape at a Chi Phi fraternity house.
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