Lawsuit and Campus Paper Raise Questions Over Cornell Sex Assault Claims

WHO:

NBC News - Cornell University is named in an ongoing lawsuit alleging that it permitted a male student to sexually abuse two women and potentially others.

NY Post - Esat Braveboy, described as a former Ivy League student and Cornell Sun writer, was accused in a lawsuit of drug-facilitated sexual assault involving multiple female students.

NY Post - The Cornell Sun is identified as the student newspaper that published names of people accused of rape and removed the byline of a writer accused of sexual assaults.

WHAT:

NBC News - An ongoing lawsuit alleges that Cornell University allowed a male student to sexually abuse two women and potentially other people.

NY Post - A Cornell student newspaper published the names of people described as alleged fraternity rapists.

NY Post - The Cornell Sun removed the byline of its own writer, Esat Braveboy, after he was accused of sexual assaults.

NY Post - The lawsuit accused Braveboy of alleged “drug-facilitated sexual assault” involving multiple coeds.

WHERE:

NBC News - The allegations concern Cornell University.

NY Post - The student newspaper and the allegations are associated with Cornell.

WHEN:

NBC News - The lawsuit was filed in 2023 and is described as ongoing.

NY Post - The lawsuit accusing Braveboy was filed in 2023.

HOW:

NY Post - The alleged assaults were described in the lawsuit as drug-facilitated.

(UPDATED November 9, 2026 22:04 UTC)

An ongoing lawsuit accuses Cornell University of allowing a student to sexually abuse two women. The suit also accuses former student and Cornell Sun writer Esat Braveboy of drug-facilitated assaults. The newspaper published names of accused fraternity rapists, then removed Braveboy’s byline.