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jpak

(41,780 posts)
Sat Feb 6, 2016, 06:30 PM Feb 2016

Cornell fraternity president charged with sexual assault

Source: Washington Post

A fraternity president at Cornell University was charged with sexual assault after an alleged attack at the Psi Upsilon house on campus last weekend.

Wolfgang Ballinger, a 21-year-old junior from New York, was charged with first-degree attempted rape, first-degree criminal sex act with a helpless victim, and sexual misconduct, according to charges listed with the Tompkins County, N.Y., jail.

Ballinger did not immediately respond to a request for comment Saturday. A spokesperson for the Tompkins County sheriff’s office did not immediately respond to a request for information.

On Monday, campus police alerted students that an alleged sexual assault had been reported to have occurred about 2 a.m. Sunday morning, after a woman was led to a bedroom at the house, according to the Cornell Daily Sun.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/02/06/cornell-fraternity-president-charged-with-sexual-assault/

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Cornell fraternity president charged with sexual assault (Original Post) jpak Feb 2016 OP
And that's where rape cases belong: the courts bluestateguy Feb 2016 #1
Indeed. n/t PoliticAverse Feb 2016 #4
What's the point of sending trash like this to school, anyway? Judi Lynn Feb 2016 #2
The guy has to face trail. Floridanow Feb 2016 #3

bluestateguy

(44,173 posts)
1. And that's where rape cases belong: the courts
Sat Feb 6, 2016, 06:31 PM
Feb 2016

not stupid university student conduct boards.

Judi Lynn

(164,164 posts)
2. What's the point of sending trash like this to school, anyway?
Sat Feb 6, 2016, 06:47 PM
Feb 2016

He has to be fairly sluggish mentally to not understand this is not acceptable behavior.

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Floridanow

(74 posts)
3. The guy has to face trail.
Sat Feb 6, 2016, 10:19 PM
Feb 2016

If evidence convicts him, he should go to jail for a long time.

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