Former Cornell fraternity members, dragged into scandal, ask university to clear their names

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Former Cornell Chi Phi fraternity members who graduated in 2022 and 2023 claim they are being falsely linked to a 2024 fraternity house rape.
Online harassment, including threats and doxxing, has resulted in personal and professional consequences for these former students.
A lawyer for the group has formally requested Cornell University to issue a public statement confirming that these former members were not enrolled during the alleged incident and were not part of the group chat mentioned in the lawsuit.
A lawsuit filed in September details an alleged incident where a woman was pressured to take ketamine and sexually assaulted, with a fraternity member reportedly sending a message to a Chi Phi Snapchat group chat.
The New York Attorney General has been appointed special counsel to investigate the case, after local authorities did not bring charges.
The men's names were removed from a website that targeted them after a cease-and-desist letter was sent, and similar actions were taken regarding a podcaster's tweet.

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