Pelosi cancels Cornell University event amid frat house rape investigation

House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi has canceled a scheduled October 15 event in New York City affiliated with Cornell University. This decision follows renewed scrutiny regarding the Ivy League institution's management of a 2024 gang rape allegation on campus. Simultaneously, an upstate New York county prosecutor has reopened the investigation into the alleged sexual assault of a female Cornell student that occurred at a fraternity house, intensifying the legal focus on the university's handling of the case.