Another elite university in the United States is facing a disturbing report of sexual violence at a fraternity house, weeks after the “Cornell 7” gang rape allegations shocked Ivy League campuses. A woman has approached police, alleging she was raped inside a University of Chicago (UChicago) frat house bathroom while a group of men cheered “when’s my turn” and “let me in” outside the door.
The woman reported the assault to police and went to a hospital for treatment, according to cops. It added that the perpetrator fled the house after another person confronted him. She went to campus police three weeks later and gave a detailed interview, but local prosecutors never pursued charges. The men she accused have denied wrongdoing.
The Cornell case came to light last month after a woman filed a lawsuit against the university and seven fraternity members, saying she was repeatedly assaulted at a fraternity house in October 2024.
The university said the survivor is not a student. Chicago police said no one had been charged in the case so far, even as university officials posted an alert saying that a person of interest had been identified. The Chicago Sun-Times, citing the police report, said the woman said she had been drinking and dancing at the party before she began feeling unwell. The friends told police that to get into the bathroom, they had to force their way through several men who were “cheering and appeared to encourage the activity inside,” the Sun-Times reported. The man, who reportedly was also not a student at the university, had his hands on the survivor’s wrists as she yelled, “Make it stop” and “Get me out of here,” Lara told the publication.
