据《纽约时报》周四报道,康奈尔大学校警在向当地检察官转发调查摘要时,隐瞒了一名学生关于其被强奸的明确陈述。
Campus police at Cornell University omitted a student’s explicit statements that she had been raped when forwarding an investigation summary to local prosecutors, The New York Times reported Thursday.
该报获得的文档显示,校警在2024年11月对该大二学生进行了数小时的问询后,起草了一份六页的精简自愿陈述书,其中排除了她关于七名男子在兄弟会会所对其进行性侵犯的陈述。
Documents obtained by the newspaper show that campus officers drafted a condensed six-page voluntary statement following hours of interviews with the sophomore in November 2024, excluding her statements that seven men sexually assaulted her inside a fraternity house.
该女子叙述称,2024年10月在Chi Phi兄弟会会所,她在一场涉及氯胺酮和酒精的长时间袭击中,发现自己赤身裸体并被“一群男人”包围。
The woman recounted finding herself naked and surrounded by a “ring of men” after an encounter spiraled into a prolonged assault involving ketamine and alcohol at the Chi Phi fraternity house in October 2024.
她在接受问询时告诉警官:“我可以百分之百肯定地说我被强奸了。”
“I can say with 100 percent confidence I was raped,” she told an officer during questioning.
然而,提交给汤普金斯县地方检察官马修·范·豪滕的精简版警方档案中,删除了她关于被强奸的明确断言。
However, the condensed police file shared with Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten omitted her unequivocal assertion that she had been raped.
检察官基于该摘要档案得出结论,认为证据不足,当时拒绝了对这些男子提起刑事指控。
Relying on the summarized file, the prosecutor concluded there was insufficient evidence and declined at the time to bring criminal charges against the men.
在受害者(化名简·多伊)于9月14日对康奈尔大学、Chi Phi组织及七名现任和前任学生提起民事诉讼后,范·豪滕决定重新开启刑事调查并将案件提交大陪审团。
The revelations follow Van Houten’s recent decision to reopen the criminal investigation and present the case to a grand jury, spurred by a civil lawsuit filed Sept. 14 by the former student, identified as Jane Doe, against Cornell University, Chi Phi organizations and seven current and former students.
范·豪滕称,民事诉讼中的指控与2024年的警方陈述存在重大差异,并提到了新发现的通讯记录,包括一个兄弟会群聊记录。
Van Houten said allegations in the civil action differed substantially from the 2024 police statement, citing newly uncovered communications, including a fraternity group chat.
该女子的律师托马斯·朱弗拉反驳了这一说法,指责当局未能妥善审查调查初期提供的证据。
The woman’s attorney, Thomas Giuffra, disputed that characterization, accusing authorities of failing to properly examine evidence provided at the outset of the investigation.