Social media has been flooded with posts about Cornell 7, a reference to seven suspects in a gang rape at Cornwell University fraternity house, after authorities announced to reopen investigation into the case.
Some posts claimed that Scott Kretzschmar one of the Cornell 7 gang rapists is now a cop who also has a girlfriend.
The claims are incorrect.
Although his mother Samantha Kretzschmar, is a career law-enforcement professional, there is no evidence that Scott Kretzschmar is a police officer.
A photo was widely circulated on social media showing a young man in a police-style uniform holding what appears to be a certificate or diploma with claims that he has become a police officer.
His attorney, Jeremy Saland, has publicly denied the key allegations against him. The lawyer argued that Scott Kretzschmar was only briefly in the room and did not touch the accuser.
Meanwhile New York state prosecutors have reopened an investigation into an alleged 2024 gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity house, a district attorney confirmed on Monday, after a civil lawsuit filed this month by the alleged victim sparked renewed outrage.
In a lengthy statement, Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten confirmed that his office would present the case against seven alleged perpetrators to a grand jury for a possible indictment.
He also sought to explain why prosecutors did not pursue criminal charges two years ago, saying that the lawsuit’s allegations differed from the alleged victim’s original account in 2024. The woman, who prosecutors have not named, gave a statement to campus police at the time, according to Van Houten, that “described her drug use and sexual conduct as voluntary, conscious and consensual.”
The alleged victim’s lawyer, Thomas Giuffra, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. He told CNN in a statement that the police report was “not materially different” from the civil lawsuit’s claims and criticized the district attorney’s office for not pursuing a more thorough investigation sooner, the network reported.
