A West Point cadet drugged his girlfriend to force an unwanted abortion. Then he graduated from Cornell

Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP/File

A onetime West Point cadet drugged his then-girlfriend in her barracks room, administered abortion pills to her against her will and caused a miscarriage. Then he went on to study at two Ivy League universities, starting at one of them after he pleaded guilty to assault, according to court records and a new lawsuit.

The man, Caleb Suh, graduated from Cornell University this year and was a public health graduate student at Columbia University as of October 28, when the woman sued in a New York court. His current status at Columbia is unclear.

The suit drew attention to a case that had played out quietly at West Point and in federal court, where Suh pleaded guilty this past June to the March 2022 assault on a cadet in the class below him. She was 19 and in her second year at the US Military Academy, according to prosecutors.

She wanted to have the baby. Suh didn’t. Instead, he told the judge, he impersonated the woman to open an online pharmacy account, ordered abortion medications, got Xanax from a friend to use as a sedative, and duped his girlfriend into drinking what she thought was just a prenatal protein shake. After waiting until she fell asleep, he administered the abortion pills orally and vaginally.

According to the woman’s lawsuit, Suh left her alone and incapacitated and ignored her attempts to contact him after she woke and realized she was bleeding. She called 911 and was hospitalized.

While she was being treated, Suh went back to the online pharmacy’s website to post questions about whether doctors might detect the pills, according to the lawsuit, first reported by The New York Times .

“She’s suffered a life-changing event that she is still dealing with and will be dealing with for the rest of her life,” her lawyer, Russell Kornblith, said by phone Monday. Her suit against Suh seeks unspecified damages.

Suh, who is awaiting sentencing, told the court in June that he was “deeply and immeasurably sorry for my actions and the pain that I have caused.”

His lawyer, Thomas Kenniff, declined to comment Monday.

The lawsuit, which the woman filed under the alias Jane Doe, comes amid national scrutiny of how universities handle student misconduct complaints. Cornell, in particular, has faced criticism since a former student’s lawsuit alleged that several men raped her at a fraternity house in 2024 and that the university did too little after she reported the accusation.

In Suh’s case, it’s unclear what discipline, if any, he may have faced at West Point. The woman reported him to the Army Criminal Investigation Division there in May 2022, according to her lawsuit. Assistant US Attorney Marcia Cohen said in court in June that Suh had told a West Point investigator the woman’s miscarriage was accidental, denying that he’d ordered abortion medication.

The military academy didn’t provide information Monday on the probe’s findings or outcome.

Suh was criminally charged in a Manhattan-based federal court in June, court records show.

In the meantime, he transferred to Cornell during the 2023-2024 school year. The Ithaca, New York-based university said in a statement Monday that he answered “no” to an application question asking whether he’d been found responsible for a disciplinary violation at any previous educational institution. West Point reported that he was in good academic standing and was eligible to return, Cornell said.

Cornell websites indicate he was recognized for his writing in spring 2024 and got involved with the Cornell Center for Health Equity, a research group. He wrote on its site that he was interested in “the intersection of emergency medicine, addiction and public health” and aimed to become a physician.

Suh also briefly worked at Cornell’s medical school, leaving several months ago, the university said. He’s credited among authors of a medical journal report summarizing a 2025 conference on cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

This September, Suh started a master’s program at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health in New York City, his lawyer wrote to the judge in Suh’s federal case.

Columbia declined to comment Monday, citing educational privacy laws.

A person familiar with the matter but not authorized to comment about it publicly said Mailman applicants aren’t asked about their criminal records but are asked whether they have ever been disciplined for student conduct violations or poor academic performance. Suh’s application never mentioned any disciplinary proceedings, the person said.

At the request of Suh’s lawyer, his sentencing recently was put off until January for him to complete his semester at Columbia. He also has been taking a three-month life skills course for people charged with federal crimes, Kenniff told the court in a letter last month.

Prosecutors didn’t oppose the postponement. They declined to comment Monday.

The woman’s lawyer declined to say whether she ultimately graduated from West Point or what she is doing now.

“We hope that by our client coming forward with this lawsuit, it will, at least, ensure that this never happens to anyone else,” Kornblith said.

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一名曾就读于西点军校的学员在其女友的宿舍里给她下了药，违背她的意愿给她服用了堕胎药，导致她流产。据法庭记录和一份新的诉讼文件显示，之后他进入两所常春藤盟校学习，其中一所是在他承认犯有袭击罪后才入学的。

该男子名叫卡莱布·苏，今年毕业于康奈尔大学，截至10月28日，他是哥伦比亚大学公共卫生专业的硕士研究生。当天，该女子在纽约法院提起诉讼。目前他在哥伦比亚大学的状态尚不清楚。

这起诉讼使人们关注到一起此前在西点军校和联邦法院悄然进行的案件。今年6月，苏承认于2022年3月袭击了一名比他低一年级的女学员。据检方称，受害女学员当时19岁，是美国军事学院二年级的学生。

她想要孩子，但苏不想。他告诉法官，他冒充这名女子在网上药店注册了账户，订购了堕胎药，又从朋友那里弄来阿普唑仑（Xanax）当镇静剂，并哄骗女友喝下她以为是孕期蛋白奶昔的东西。等她睡着后，他给她口服和阴道内都注射了堕胎药。

根据该女子的诉讼，苏某在她醒来发现自己流血后，将她独自一人留在原地，任其失去行动能力，并且对她的任何联系尝试都置之不理。她拨打了911报警，随后被送往医院。

据《纽约时报》率先报道的诉讼文件显示，在接受治疗期间，苏女士回到网上药店的网站，询问医生是否能检测出这些药丸。

“她遭遇了一场改变人生的重大事件，至今仍在承受，并将终生与之抗争，”她的律师拉塞尔·科恩布利斯周一在电话中表示。她对苏提起的诉讼要求赔偿金额未定。

正在等待判决的苏在六月份告诉法庭，他对自己的行为以及造成的痛苦“深感抱歉”。

他的律师托马斯·肯尼夫周一拒绝置评。

这名女子以化名简·多伊提起诉讼，正值全国上下密切关注大学如何处理学生不当行为投诉之际。康奈尔大学尤其受到批评，此前一名学生提起诉讼，称她在2024年于一所兄弟会会所遭到多名男子强奸，而校方在她举报后处理不当。

就苏而言，目前尚不清楚他在西点军校可能受到何种处分（如果有的话）。根据该女子提起的诉讼，她于2022年5月向西点军校陆军刑事调查处举报了苏。助理联邦检察官玛西娅·科恩在6月份的法庭上表示，苏曾告诉西点军校的一名调查员，该女子的流产是意外，并否认他曾下令给她服用堕胎药物。

周一，军校方面没有提供有关调查结果或结论的信息。

法庭记录显示，Suh 于 6 月在曼哈顿一家联邦法院被提起刑事诉讼。

与此同时，他在2023-2024学年转学至康奈尔大学。这所位于纽约州伊萨卡的大学周一发表声明称，他在申请表上被问及是否曾在任何教育机构因违反纪律而被追究责任时，回答“否”。康奈尔大学表示，西点军校报告称他学业成绩良好，符合返校条件。

康奈尔大学的网站显示，他在2024年春季因其写作而获得认可，并加入了康奈尔健康公平中心（一个研究小组）。他在该中心的网站上写道，他对“急诊医学、成瘾和公共卫生的交叉领域”很感兴趣，并立志成为一名医生。

据康奈尔大学称，苏也曾在该校医学院短暂工作过，几个月前离职。他还是2025年心肺复苏会议总结报告的作者之一，该报告发表在医学期刊上。

据徐的律师在徐的联邦案件中写给法官的信中称，今年九月，徐在纽约市哥伦比亚大学梅尔曼公共卫生学院开始了硕士课程的学习。

哥伦比亚大学周一以教育隐私法为由拒绝置评。

一位知情人士透露，梅尔曼奖学金的申请者不会被问及犯罪记录，但会被问及是否曾因违反学生行为准则或学业成绩不佳而受到过处分。该人士表示，苏的申请中从未提及任何处分程序。

应苏律师的要求，他的量刑听证会最近被推迟到明年一月，以便他完成在哥伦比亚大学的学期。肯尼夫上个月在一封致法庭的信中表示，苏还在参加一个为期三个月的联邦犯罪嫌疑人生活技能课程。

检方并未反对延期审理。他们周一拒绝置评。

该女子的律师拒绝透露她最终是否从西点军校毕业，也拒绝透露她现在的职业。

“我们希望通过委托人提起诉讼，至少能够确保此类事件不再发生在其他人身上，”科恩布利斯说。