An alleged campus sexual assault at Cornell University has gripped the country and ignited a national debate over consent.Debra Kamin, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, explains what we know about what happened.Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/debra-kamin" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Debra Kamin</a>, an investigative reporter for the The New York Times.Background reading:&nbsp;<ul><li>Documents reviewed by The Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/nyregion/cornell-rape-accusation-reporting.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">reveal how a Cornell student went from shame to action</a>.</li><li>A <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/nyregion/url-cornell-university-jane-doe-rape-case-statement.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cornell police report</a> omitted the student’s claim that she was raped.</li></ul>Photo: Heather Ainsworth for The New York Times
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