The ‘Cornell 7’ members expelled, suspended, banned from campus

Following the article below I had Claude provide the dets. BTW, the assault occured almost 2 full years ago.

Why the University is involved and didn't hand the entire thing over to the police immediately is beyond me. It's a criminal matter and should be handled as such. Missing something here?

The ‘Cornell 7’ members expelled, suspended, banned from campus revealed — contradicting accuser’s claim they only got slaps on wrist

By Alex Oliveira, NY Post

Published Oct. 5, 2026, 4:50 p.m. ET

Some of the “Cornell 7” accused in an alleged gang-rape were found responsible for sexual assault by the school and expelled, while others were suspended for more than a year — contradicting the accuser’s alarming allegations that the whole group got mere slaps on the wrist.

Two of the seven accused Cornell University fraternity brothers – Matthew Ingalls and Jonathan Newell – were expelled after being found responsible for sexual assault by a university disciplinary panel in May 2025, according to documents obtained by the New York Times.

Ingalls also exploited, manipulated and endangered the then-20-year-old alleged female victim for his self-interest and others’ entertainment, the panel found.

Newell manipulated her into taking ketamine while also striking her hard enough to bruise during intercourse, the school said.

The findings were determined after a private Cornell campus police investigation that did not lead to any criminal charges for any of the men over the alleged October 2024 attack.

‘Cornell 7’ frat bro claims he was too wasted to consent to sex with accuser — and that he’s the real victim: records, reports

Each of the accused brothers have denied allegations of rape.

The school punishments doled out run counter to the explosive claims in the woman’s September civil lawsuit that alleged a gang rape and said all seven brothers were allowed to “mitigate their conduct by submitting essays” and nothing more.

Cornell has since called the accuser “irresponsible” for suggesting it did nothing but require the young men to write punishment essays.

Ingall and Newell were the only brothers Cornell found responsible for sexual assault over Doe’s 2024 allegations, which told a terrifying story of her being plied with alcohol and ketamine before being raped by numerous brothers in an hourslong orgy.

The seven men were accused of participating in the alleged assault to varying degrees, with Ingalls and Newell facing the most severe punishments.

Chi Phi brother Winston Lee was accused of forced oral sex and snorting ketamine off the woman’s body and was suspended from Cornell for two years but allowed to return after that time.

Gillio Lopes faced similar allegations – sex with Doe without her consent – and was suspended for three semesters plus probation upon his return.

Both Lee and Lopes were also required to study sexual harassment and submit essays of reflection, in addition to being barred from contacting the woman, according to the Times.

Diego Sarabi, accused of forcibly kissing the accuser, had already graduated by the time the disciplinary panel met but was at least barred from returning to campus for three years.

Scott Kretzschmar and Scott Norris — both accused of being among the men who went to the room where the alleged assault happened after texts of “free p—sy” were sent to a fraternity-wide group chat — were ordered to write “reflection papers.”

Kretzschmar was found not responsible for sexual assault by the disciplinary panel but determined to have committed attempted sexual exploitation, the Times reported.

His lawyer has said he was “never accused of, nor found responsible for, rape.”

Chi Phi was suspended from campus when the woman made her assault allegations to the school about three weeks after the incident.

Despite the school’s findings — and campus police telling The Post it had shared all investigative material with prosectors — the Tompkins County District Attorney’s Office declined to pursue charges, claiming the woman’s statements indicated her participation in the sex and consumption of drugs and alcohol were all consensual.

Her lawyer has said the punishments the brothers faced “did not reflect the severity of the charges.”

“With the exception of two of these men, all of them will be able to graduate with a Cornell diploma and live their lives reaping the benefits of this coveted degree,” her lawyer, Thomas Giuffra, told The Times.

“In contrast, as of today, it is doubtful whether Ms. Doe will even graduate college or ever live a normal life due to what these men did to her,” he said, referring to his client’s anonymity listed as Jane Doe in court papers.

Çlaude provided additional details:

According to records the Cornell Daily Sun reviewed, the outcomes were split. Two defendants were expelled, two were suspended and put on disciplinary probation, one received a persona non grata order, and two received no-contact orders, "educational modules" and "reflection papers." The third, who had already graduated by the time of the ruling, was barred from campus for three years under that persona non grata order. Cornell itself hasn't confirmed individual outcomes, citing federal student privacy law. The Chi Phi chapter as a whole was closed in 2024 and remains barred from campus. Records Reveal Cornell’s Punishments for Seven Chi Phi Defendants - The Cornell Daily Sun +3

Timing. The discipline isn't recent. It happened well before the public uproar.

• Oct 25, 2024: the alleged assault. The individual reported being sexually assaulted and coerced into taking ketamine and other drugs by several males on October 25. ny1

• Nov 8, 2024: she reported it to Cornell, and the house was closed. The university closed the Chi Phi house after that report. slguardian

• Late Nov 2024: the interim president announced that "a number of students" had been temporarily suspended. cornellsun

• 2025: the Title IX process concluded. Cornell describes an investigation lasting several months, with temporary suspensions in place while it ran. So the expulsions came roughly several months to a year after the report. ibtimes

• Sept 2026: the story became public when the former student, identified as Jane Doe, filed a civil complaint. That lawsuit drove the current coverage, more than a year after the sanctions were issued. wfmd

Due process. This was an administrative Title IX proceeding, which is separate from criminal court and uses a lower standard of proof. What's known about it:

• A three-person panel enforcing federal civil rights protections under Title IX made the decisions. It concluded that Jane Doe was sexually assaulted by two of the men she accused. cornellsun

• Cornell says a panel of trained faculty and staff heard evidence over several days. ibtimes

• Under the federal Title IX rules in effect for college cases in 2025, the accused would have been entitled to notice, an advisor, and a live hearing with cross-examination. That's general knowledge on my part, not something these reports confirm for this specific hearing.

• No one has been criminally charged. No arrests have been made. Cornell has said it supports the district attorney's decision to present the case to a grand jury. The DA acknowledged that his office originally relied on the Cornell Police investigation rather than investigating independently. www.toy-people.com +2

• The civil claims against the seven men remain unadjudicated. ibtimes

From what's public, then, the accused went through a structured multi-day hearing, and most of them were not expelled. The current criticism mostly runs the other way: that the sanctions were too light, not that due process was skipped. Kotlikoff has announced that an outside law firm will review the university's internal investigation, so more detail on how the process ran may come out of that. slguardian