The New York prosecutor who declined to file criminal sex assault charges against Cornell university fraternity members in 2024 said he is investigating whether a transcript of the accuser's initial interview with campus police exists. He says he learned of a potential transcript through a CBS reporter who reported that the accuser had told police she believed she was raped with 100% confidence.

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CBS New York was first to report the existence of the transcript, and Scripps News has not independently obtained or reviewed it.

The reported comments by the alleged victim - identified in court paperwork only as Jane Doe - differ from the way Tompkins County district attorney Matthew Van Houten described the woman's initial account of the 2024 encounter.

The prosecutor said he did not file criminal charges in the case in 2024 because Jane Doe's written police statement  did not allege that she was drugged against her will or gang raped. On the contrary, Jane Doe's statement described her participation in drug use and sexual conduct as voluntary, conscious, and consensual. 

Van Houten told Scripps News Wednesday morning he first learned of a police interview transcript from the CBS reporter on Tuesday.

 That statement (about the accuser being certain she was raped) was not in the 6-page statement from Jane Doe,  Van Houten said Wednesday morning.  I do not have the transcript but if it exists I will obtain it. 

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A Cornell University spokesperson told Scripps News that campus police shared a  lengthy police investigation report  with the DA's office in 2024, but they would not specify whether a transcript was part of that report.

The criminal case was reopened this month, several days after Jane Doe filed a civil lawsuit against the university, the fraternity, and fraternity members, among other defendants, alleging she was sexually assaulted.

In the lawsuit, the 

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