Former Cornell fraternity president dropped from Jane Doe lawsuit
- On Tuesday, a Cornell University student dropped Orazio Petito from her civil lawsuit after misidentifying him as the Chi Phi fraternity president at the time of an alleged October 2024 assault.
- Jane Doe's lawsuit, filed last month, alleges she was raped by seven Chi Phi brothers at the fraternity house on October 19, 2024. The then-undergraduate student reported the incident to campus police three weeks later.
- Petito's attorney, Eric Bernstein, confirmed the dismissal, stating the case was "discontinued with prejudice as to Orazio Petito" because he was not fraternity president at the time of the alleged assault.
- The fraternity and seven brothers remain defendants in the civil suit, with all named defendants denying the sexual assault allegations and claiming any contact was consensual.
- New York Attorney General Letitia James is conducting an independent investigation into the incident, while Cornell pursues an internal probe of its response to the student's complaints.
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Former Cornell Chi Phi Fraternity President Dropped From Jane Doe’s Gang Rape Lawsuit
A former president of Cornell University’s Chi Phi fraternity has been dropped from Jane Doe’s civil lawsuit after he was mistakenly identified as the chapter president at the time she was allegedly gang raped by seven members of the fraternity. Orazio Petito was removed from the lawsuit on Tuesday, October 20, after it was determined […]
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