The 2024 criminal investigation was thorough enough to justify not bringing charges against the Chi Phi members.
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“If you’re an investigator trying to get at the truth, as this DA office should have been, they should have sought more information”
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“It is challenging for me to understand how a thorough criminal investigation could have been conducted when she never spoke with anyone other than the officer who took her original complaint”
“Multiple prosecutors and criminal investigators reviewed Jane Doe’s statement and correctly determined the alleged facts as set forth in the statement do not constitute a crime.”
When I first looked at the facts and statements of this story, it made sense to me from a legal and reporter's perspective, which is not necessarily the same as the outrage in the public square or on social media, which has exploded over this story why the Tompkins County DA, Matthew Van Houten, did not pursue criminal charges back in 2024.