Trump calls Cornell ‘a fine school’ as he breaks silence on alleged gang rape case
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President Donald Trump has weighed in on the alleged gang rape of an ex-Cornell University student who claims she was abused for hours by members of a fraternity at a house party two years ago.
The president was asked by a reporter on Thursday whether the Ivy League school had “done enough to investigate” the alleged sexual abuse after the university came under fire for its response following a bombshell lawsuit.
“Well, I don’t know that much about it,” Trump began. “But Cornell’s a fine school, and I’m sure they’ll do what’s right.”
Trump kept his comments on the case brief as he spoke to the press at the White House before departing for Texas and Oklahoma.
The young woman, identified as Jane Doe, is suing Cornell and the seven members of the Ivy League school’s Chi Phi fraternity house, alleging that she was pressured into taking ketamine and sexually assaulted for hours on October 19, 2024, at the Chi Phi fraternity house party in Ithaca, New York.
No arrests have been made in connection to the case, and the local district attorney has said he is reopening the case in light of the civil suit.
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