Ex-'South Park' writer launches site about alleged Cornell fraternity sexual assault - IOL

Former South Park writer and satirist Toby Morton has launched a website documenting a woman’s allegation that she was sexually assaulted by seven students at Cornell University in the United States two years ago.

Former South Park writer and satirist Toby Morton has set up a website documenting the account of a woman who claimed she was gang-raped by seven students at the United States' Cornell University two years ago. 

TheCornell7.org bears images of the men allegedly involved in the incident. The woman's identity has never been revealed, she's been referred to as 'Jane Doe', and was 20 years old at the time. 

According to the site, it will document the woman's account of the incident, the lawsuit, and the institutional response around the case.

"I’m building this carefully, and it will take time. I’ve already received names, photographs, documents, messages, and other information related to the case. Before publishing those materials, I want to make certain that every identity is correct, every photograph is of the right person," Morton shared on the site. 

Despite receiving backlash, Morton remains committed to seeing the case to its end, and securing justice and accountability. 

According to APF, a woman claimed that she was drugged with ketamine, assaulted and raped in 2024 by seven members of the Cornell University's Chi Phi fraternity, a social club for male students.

AFP reported that Cornell closed the fraternity and temporarily suspended the students involved, several of whom were later expelled. However, prosecutors reopened the case after claims that Cornell failed to properly punish the men involved in the assault.

Celebrities have added their voices to the call for society to be more vocal about gender-based violence and femicide following the reopening of the case involving seven men who allegedly raped a student at an Ivy League college two years ago. 

According to the BBC, police have handed over an image of a Snapchat group called Chi Phi Actives' in which the accused are named, that talks about a 'free' sexual encounter with the woman on October 20.

US actress Tia Mowry is encouraging parents of boys to talk to their sons about consent.

Mowry, famous for her role in the sitcom Sister, Sister alongside her twin, Tamera Mowry-Housley, has a teenage son with ex-husband Cory Hardict and urged parents to speak to their sons about consent.

"Talk to your sons. About consent. About boundaries. About respect. Have the conversation. Keep having it," she shared.

Law & Order Special Victims Unit star Mariska Hargitay added that the woman who filed the charges was never informed of the outcome of the case.

"Survivors deserve to be believed and kept informed. Silence protects no one. To her: we support you," she said.

Hudson Williams of Heated Rivalry shared a strongly-worded post on his social media that simply read, "Arrest them. F**k them and f**k Cornell, too!"

Instagram has censored a post by UK actress Florence Pugh calling out the Cornell College alleged rape case.

In the censored post, Pugh says that after reading about the young woman who was "gang raped" at her college by her friend and school peers, she was feeling uneasy, sick and anxious.

"I'm processing quietly and watching everything and everyone and every man. I have a few thoughts on this horrific act that happened at Cornell College in 2024," the award-winning English actress shared.

President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed South Africans on Tuesday night to speak about government's plans to tackle gender-based violence and femicide. 

Ramaphosa noted that more than 10 women's bodies have been found in Ekurhuleni since July.

While Ramaphosa announced a four-pronged approach to tackling the scourge of gbvf, he also called for the men of South Africa to fight alongside their female counterparts.

"This is a fight that we must take up as a nation, together. We must prevent the violence before it starts because programmes, stronger laws, additional resources and more police officers will not, on their own, end violence against women," he said.

Ramaphosa added that gbvf does not start when a fist is raised or when a woman is raped or killed.

"It begins much earlier. It begins in attitudes that regard women as inferior. It begins with the belief that a man has the right to control a woman. It begins when jealousy is mistaken for love, when control is mistaken for protection and coercion is mistaken for affection.

"When harassment is dismissed as harmless and abuse is regarded as a private family matter. It begins when a man believes that because he provides financially for a woman, he owns her," the president said.