Jeremy Murphy- Media Special: Caution, Public Opinion, and the Controversies Surrounding the Cornell University Assault Case

Let's talk real quickly about, uh, this story, that it has so many, I think, different angles and, and so shocking, uh, out of, um, Cornell University, one of the Ivy Leagues, a unique Ivy League.

It's actually a hybrid of, uh, public and private, uh, almo-

Mm-hmm

... all the rest are private.

Um, but, you know, we're talking Ivy League, it comes with a lot of prestige with that alone.

A shocking, shocking story of, uh, rape accusations and really poor, uh, justice from what I can tell, uh, when it came to the university protecting itself, and I would say more than the alleged victim.

Yeah, I mean, this one, uh, i- i- is really complicated.

Uh, you know, uh, uh, a, a female student, former student, I think she, she since left, um, has accused seven, um, uh, Cornell students of p- participating in a sexual assault.

And the students were, uh, this is like two or three years ago, were reprimanded, um, and, uh, no charges were filed, uh, criminal charges.

And it's kind of come back.

Uh, you know, the student newspaper kind of kept it, revived it and, and, and now people are looking at it again.

And, um, the New York governor, uh, Kathy Hochul, has, um, uh, appointed a special prosecutor.

You know, it's an election year, so no politics here.

Uh, [laughs]

Yeah.

[laughs]

Uh, Letitia James, who is famous, you know, the New York, um, attorney general who is famous for prosecuting Trump, uh, now she's gonna look into this.

And so, you know, it, it's, it's a mess.

It's a, it's a, it's a mess because you have a lot of issues going on with, uh, consensual, uh, sex and then, uh, drinking and privilege and, um, you know, women on, on campus and, um...

So there's a lot of issues here.

And, you know-

Yeah

...

it, it's also several years after the fact.

Um, so it's, it's kind of dominating the media right now and it's really splitting, um, uh...

Let's talk real quickly about, uh, this story, that it has so many, I think, different angles and, and so shocking, uh, out of, um, Cornell University, one of the Ivy Leagues, a unique Ivy League.

It's actually a hybrid of, uh, public and private, uh, almo-

Mm-hmm

... all the rest are private.

Um, but, you know, we're talking Ivy League, it comes with a lot of prestige with that alone.

A shocking, shocking story of, uh, rape accusations and really poor, uh, justice from what I can tell, uh, when it came to the university protecting itself, and I would say more than the alleged victim.

Yeah, I mean, this one, uh, i- i- is really complicated.

Uh, you know, uh, uh, a, a female student, former student, I think she, she since left, um, has accused seven, um, uh, Cornell students of p- participating in a sexual assault.

And the students were, uh, this is like two or three years ago, were reprimanded, um, and, uh, no charges were filed, uh, criminal charges.

And it's kind of come back.

Uh, you know, the student newspaper kind of kept it, revived it and, and, and now people are looking at it again.

And, um, the New York governor, uh, Kathy Hochul, has, um, uh, appointed a special prosecutor.

You know, it's an election year, so no politics here.

Uh, [laughs]

Yeah.

[laughs]

Uh, Letitia James, who is famous, you know, the New York, um, attorney general who is famous for prosecuting Trump, uh, now she's gonna look into this.

And so, you know, it, it's, it's a mess.

It's a, it's a, it's a mess because you have a lot of issues going on with, uh, consensual, uh, sex and then, uh, drinking and privilege and, um, you know, women on, on campus and, um...

So there's a lot of issues here.

And, you know-

Yeah

...

it, it's also several years after the fact.

Um, so it's, it's kind of dominating the media right now and it's really splitting, um, uh...