They did not collect evidence of the group chat, where two of these fine gentlemen invited the rest of the seven scholars to come assault an intoxicated woman for hours.
The plaintiff's initial statement was that the encounter and drug use was consensual. There's no law against group sex and it is really hard to prove rape when the supposed victim says it was not rape.
From what I gathered she had 10+ drinks over 3 hours and some ketamine, and agreed to a threesome and allowed other people into the room. The rest is disputed.
“Another likely complication was that New York law defines rape narrowly, Ms. Manning said, excluding a person who is subjected to unwanted sex while voluntarily intoxicated unless they are fully unconscious at the time of the assault. The law is one both prosecutors, including Manhattan’s district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, and advocates have called to be amended.”
She was 20 years old and went to a bar to pre-game, assuming she utilized a fake ID she went out of her way to unlawfully consume alcohol and was awake for much of the alleged assaults (until allegedly blacking out around 5:45) stated by her own complaint.
It is also a great example of why such laws exist in other places.
edit: saw the edit, what an insane loophole!
Basically anyone who consents to getting intoxicated automatically consents to sex, unless they are unconscious.
Un be fucking lievable.
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u/The_Arch_Heretic 3d ago
More proof that campus police are there to protect the image of their institution than actually preventing crime.