Woman who accused students of rape says Cornell president's response made her feel 'unsupported'

A woman who accused several Cornell students of raping her at a fraternity party says the university’s president questioned why she waited to report the alleged assault, leaving her feeling “unsupported and disbelieved.”The woman’s secondhand account of Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff’s remark, which the university disputes, comes as faculty prepare for a potential vote of no confidence in the Ivy League school’s leadership. The Associated Press on Tuesday obtained a letter she sent to faculty leaders last week.The former student’s rape allegations, detailed in a lawsuit last month, have sparked campus protests, renewed scrutiny of Cornell’s disciplinary system and led New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to appoint state Attorney General Letitia James as a special prosecutor leading a renewed investigation of the alleged October 2024 assault.Dispute over president's remarksIn the letter, Jane Doe said her sorority president told her that Kotlikoff questioned why she waited until the following month to...