Cornell rape investigation reopened as new details emerge from student’s 2024 statement

New details are emerging in a Cornell University rape investigation after NBC News obtained a six-page statement a female student gave campus police in 2024.

(NBC)- New details are emerging in a Cornell University rape investigation after NBC News obtained a six-page statement a female student gave campus police in 2024.

The statement was given two years before the student, identified in a civil lawsuit as Jane Doe, accused members of the Chi Phi fraternity of drugging and sexually assaulting her.

According to the document, the student said she arrived at the fraternity house after heavily drinking. She described having sex with two men, including one she considered a friend, and said she “was pretty OK with” that encounter.

She also described being offered ketamine and other drugs throughout the night and told investigators she became too intoxicated to make decisions.

“I felt like I was unable to make any decisions because of how intoxicated I was,” she said in the statement.

The student said a group of men later entered the room and stood between her and the only exit. She told investigators she felt hiding under the covers was her only option.

She also described men repeatedly asking her for sex, which she characterized as coercion, and said she swatted one man’s hand away several times.

The district attorney’s office has now reopened the criminal investigation as authorities review the details surrounding the night.

According to the civil lawsuit, the night began at Jane Doe’s sorority house, where she drank vodka. The lawsuit says she later went to an event at Moonies Bar and another bar before eventually arriving at the Chi Phi house, where the alleged assault occurred.

Questions are also being raised about why prosecutors declined to charge fraternity members in 2024.

According to a transcript obtained by WCBS but not independently reviewed by NBC News, Jane Doe told campus police at the time, “I can say with 100% confidence I was raped.”

District Attorney Matthew Van Houten told NBC News he only learned of that statement Tuesday night and said it was not included in the written statement his office received from Cornell police.

Cornell said university police provided the district attorney’s office with a “lengthy police investigation report.”