3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Oct 14
Summary
Michael I. Kotlikoff on Tuesday apologized to the former Cornell student who says seven men gang raped her, saying what she experienced at the university was something he was “personally sorry for.”
The apology came after nearly a month of escalating backlash over Cornell’s initial brief response to the lawsuit, which had said the school handled the allegations consistent with policy.
The suit names seven men, Cornell, a fraternity and the student’s sorority; the men deny wrongdoing, while Cornell previously expelled two men and barred the fraternity chapter from campus.
Cornell had already suspended fraternity parties, brought in New York State Police and commissioned an internal investigation as criticism widened into a national crisis over the university’s handling of sexual assault allegations.