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Another woman alleges sexual assault at fraternity near University of Chicago

The University of Chicago is set to hold a public safety meeting Wednesday night, after a woman reported this month that she was sexually assaulted at a fraternity house near campus and another woman filed a lawsuit alleging she was sexually assaulted at a different fraternity house in February.

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另一名女子声称在芝加哥大学附近的一个兄弟会遭到性侵犯。

The University of Chicago is set to hold a public safety meeting Wednesday night, after a woman reported this month that she was sexually assaulted at a fraternity house near campus and another woman filed a lawsuit alleging she was sexually assaulted at a different fraternity house in February.

A 19-year-old college student, identified as Jane Doe, claims in a lawsuit she was sexually assaulted February 7 by a fraternity member at an Alpha Delta Phi party. The suit, filed Monday, names Alpha Delta Phi Inc. and the Chicago Society of Alpha Delta Phi as defendants; the University of Chicago is not named as a defendant.

The suit indicates the plaintiff is seeking information from the University of Chicago with an eye toward potentially adding it as a defendant.

Chicago police told CNN a 19-year-old woman reported she was sexually assaulted around 1 a.m. February 8 inside a residence on the 5700 block of South University Avenue and later went to a hospital. Police did not name the fraternity, but Doe told officers she was assaulted at its address on that block, according to the lawsuit.

The incident — now more than eight months old — is still under investigation.

CNN has reached out to the University of Chicago and Alpha Delta Phi for comment and to Doe’s attorneys for further information. Doe does not attend the University of Chicago, her attorney, Georgia Booth, told CNN affiliate WLS .

CNN obtained the suit from The Chicago Maroon , the university’s student newspaper, which was first to report on it.

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The University of Chicago last week said a person of interest was banned from campus after a 21-year-old woman reported she was sexually assaulted October 11 at another nearby fraternity house. Chicago police are investigating.

Both allegations come as colleges and universities face heightened scrutiny over their handling of sexual assault cases amid an investigation into an alleged gang rape in 2024 at a fraternity house at Cornell University in New York.

Jane Doe said she felt ‘unsupported and disbelieved’ by Cornell president in letter sent to faculty leaders

In the alleged February incident in Chicago, Doe attended a party at Alpha Delta Phi’s house and accepted a shot of unidentified alcohol from a fraternity brother that quickly made her feel “unsteady and lightheaded,” her lawsuit states. The man then led Doe to a secluded bedroom on another floor, where he allegedly made “unwanted and nonconsensual sexual advances” after she “lost all physical and verbal ability to refuse” him, according to the lawsuit.

“Jane Doe was mentally and physically incapable of providing consent,” the suit alleges.

Doe pleaded with the man to use a condom, but he refused, the complaint says. The fraternity brother then penetrated her “without her consent” and left her “alone and unconscious in the room,” according to the suit.

The suit says Doe’s friend was initially blocked by other fraternity brothers from going upstairs to check on her, until a member who saw Doe unconscious told them to let the friend up. The friend found Doe unconscious and helped her out of the house, the complaint states.

The next morning, Doe found bloodstains in her underwear and reported the incident to the Chicago Police Department, naming the fraternity brother who allegedly sexually assaulted her, according to the lawsuit, prompting police to investigate.

Doe’s suit claims the fraternity failed to abide by its own rules of conduct, which it lays out in detail, including duties to provide sober monitors at events and to protect against sexual assault by its members.

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