@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social
2026-09-29 21:21 UTC
@mdione@en.osm.town she made the statement to the Cornell Police, an accredited police department in New York State (so not private). She did think she was a crime victim, which is why she made the report. The Cornell Police gave the statement to the District Attorney to review, bc they were unsure whether her statement reported facts that indeed constituted a crime. 1/2
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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social 2026-09-29 21:25
According to the DA, his office concluded that the statement did not put forth facts constituting a crime under NY law. Two years later, the victim brought a civil suit against the alleged rapists, in which she asserted additional facts. Upon the press coverage of the civil suit and complaints to his office, the DA contacted the victim and her attorneys. He has now decided to put the matter to a grand jury, for it to decide if there’s sufficient evidence to indict. 2/2 @mdione@en.osm.town