Chicago Police Investigating Reported Sexual Assault at University of Chicago Fraternity House
Chicago police are investigating after a 21-year-old woman reported an assault at a fraternity party and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center.
- On Sunday, October 11, 2026, a 21-year-old woman reported being sexually assaulted at the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house in Hyde Park; the University of Chicago identified and banned a non-student person of interest from campus by Tuesday.
- Chicago Police Department detectives are leading the criminal investigation, while Alpha Epsilon Pi's national organization instructed the local chapter to suspend all events and programs pending the inquiry's results.
- Witnesses described the suspect as a 5-foot-7 South Asian man with dark complexion, short hair on the sides and longer curly hair on top, wearing a black T-shirt and black jogging pants. When the victim's friends intervened by forcing entry into the bathroom, the suspect fled.
- While AEPi leadership stated no members were "involved or complicit," police reports allege men were "cheering and appearing to encourage the activity inside" the bathroom, creating conflicting accounts of fraternity involvement.
- This incident occurs amid national scrutiny of sexual assault in college fraternities, intensified by a 2024 Cornell University case involving reported gang rape that prompted universities to reform or restrict off-campus fraternity activities.
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