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Politics● LowOct 4 · Oct 4, 2026, 2:21 AM

Cornell University boss breaks silence over rape case uproar

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from South China Morning Post · North America

Cornell University president Michael Kotlikoff said he was “deeply disturbed” by a student’s 2024 rape allegation that has drawn national outrage. “My heart aches when I think of what she experienced,” Kotlikoff said in a video message released on Saturday, saying the university must “do everything we can to prevent what happened to Jane Doe” from happening again. Lawyers for a Jane Doe last month filed a civil lawsuit against the Ivy League university, its leaders, the Chi Phi fraternity, her...

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