Documents reveal how Cornell sexual assault investigation unfolded

WBUR

Published October 1, 2026 at 11:59 AM EDT

Newly obtained documents by the New York Times reveal the timeline between the alleged assault and when Jane Doe filed a report with Cornell University campus police alleging that she had been gang raped at a fraternity house.

Here & Now‘s Indira Lakshmanan speaks with Sharon Otterman of The New York Times about what the documents show.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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