Woman at centre of Cornell rape inquiry was 'failed' by officials, says New York governor
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Hochul: ‘What we learned yesterday raised... troubling questions’ New York Governor Kathy Hochul has said the woman at the centre of the Cornell University rape case was "failed" at "every turn".
Hochul：“我们昨天了解到的情况提出了……令人不安的问题” 纽约州州长凯西·霍赫尔表示，康奈尔大学强奸案的核心女性“每一次”都“失败”。
The woman, known as Jane Doe in legal documents, alleges she was drugged and raped by several men at a fraternity house in 2024.
这名女子在法律文件中被称为“无名氏”(Jane Doe)，她声称 2024 年，她在兄弟会会所被几名男子下药并强奸。
The case was investigated at the time but no charges were laid.
当时此案正在调查，但没有提出任何指控。
It recently reopened after the woman filed a civil lawsuit last month that thrust the allegations into the national spotlight. At a news conference on Friday, Hochul said she was "deeply disturbed" by how the investigation was handled.
该女子上个月提起民事诉讼，使这些指控成为全国关注的焦点，该机构最近重新开放。 在周五的新闻发布会上，霍楚尔表示，她对调查的处理方式“深感不安”。
She has now appointed New York Attorney General Letitia James to lead the case. This appointment was made after Hochul said she "lost faith" in the local prosecutor's ability to oversee the investigation.
她现已任命纽约总检察长利蒂蒂亚·詹姆斯 (Letitia James) 领导此案。 这一任命是在霍楚尔表示她对当地检察官监督调查的能力“失去信心”之后做出的。
Expressing outrage that local prosecutors did not interview the accuser themselves, Hochul on Friday said: "This young woman had already endured something that is utterly unspeakable, and then at every turn she was failed by people and institutions with an obligation to protect her."
霍楚尔周五对当地检察官没有亲自采访原告表示愤怒，他说：“这位年轻女子已经经历了完全无法形容的事情，然后每一次都有义务保护她的人和机构都辜负了她。”
She has also vowed to close a "loophole" that prevents prosecutors from pursuing rape charges in cases when the victim has voluntarily consumed drugs or alcohol.
她还发誓要堵住一个“漏洞”，该漏洞阻止检察官在受害者自愿吸毒或酗酒的情况下追究强奸指控。
Jane Doe is believed to have voluntarily taken drugs and alcohol on the night of the alleged gang rape. "If someone is too intoxicated to consent it should not matter if they chose to use drugs or alcohol," said Hochul, adding: "Voluntary intoxication is not a licence for gang rape."
据信，无名氏在被指控的轮奸当晚自愿吸毒和酗酒。 霍楚尔说：“如果某人喝得酩酊大醉而无法同意，那么他们是否选择使用毒品或酒精都没有关系。”他补充道：“自愿醉酒并不是轮奸的许可。”
James, who is the state's chief legal officer, appeared alongside Hochul at Friday's news conference, pledging to "lead a process guided by the facts and the law".
该州首席法律官詹姆斯与霍楚尔一起出现在周五的新闻发布会上，承诺“领导一个以事实和法律为指导的进程”。
She said her office would interview witnesses and pursue prosecutions if warranted.
她说，如果有必要，她的办公室将采访证人并提起诉讼。
District Attorney Matthew Van Houten, who previously led the investigation, has defended his office's previous decision not to file charges in the case, arguing they were not given enough evidence to meet the legal threshold.
此前领导调查的地方检察官马修·范·霍滕(Matthew Van Houten)为其办公室之前不对此案提出指控的决定进行了辩护，称他们没有获得足够的证据来满足法律门槛。
Van Houten said much of the information released in recent weeks about the case was not passed to his office.
范豪顿表示，最近几周发布的有关此案的大部分信息都没有传递给他的办公室。
In a statement on Friday, he said he supported James' investigation, adding: "It has become clear that we were not provided the full picture by the university."
他在周五的一份声明中表示，他支持詹姆斯的调查，并补充道：“很明显，学校没有向我们提供全面的情况。”
Cornell has said it provided evidence to the district attorney's office from its own investigation, including a Snapchat group chat in which fraternity members discussed a "free" sexual encounter with Doe on the night of the alleged assault.
康奈尔大学表示，它向地方检察官办公室提供了自己调查的证据，包括兄弟会成员在 Snapchat 群聊中讨论了在涉嫌袭击当晚与多伊发生“自由”性接触的情况。
Cornell students voice frustration at public hearing over rape case Jane Doe filed a civil lawsuit against the Ivy League university in September.
康奈尔大学学生对强奸案公开听证会表示失望 九月，无名氏对常春藤盟校提起民事诉讼。
Speaking to CNN on Friday, her lawyer Thomas Giuffra said she is "not doing well".
她的律师托马斯·朱弗拉周五在接受美国有线电视新闻网采访时表示，她“表现不佳”。
"She's under siege on social media, where people are trying to identify her; some false court postings, attempting to identify her," he said.
“她在社交媒体上受到围攻，人们试图识别她的身份；一些虚假的法庭帖子试图识别她的身份，”他说。
Survivor and victim advocates say current state law on sexual assault makes it difficult for charges to be brought against perpetrators if the victim voluntarily took drugs or drank alcohol before the alleged assault took place.
幸存者和受害者权益倡导者表示，现行州有关性侵犯的法律规定，如果受害者在所谓的性侵犯发生前自愿吸毒或饮酒，就很难对犯罪者提出指控。
A bill to address what Hochul described as a legal loophole was already before the state legislature prior to this week's public outcry over how police and investigators handled the Cornell rape allegations.
在本周公众对警方和调查人员如何处理康奈尔强奸指控表示强烈抗议之前，一项解决霍楚尔所说的法律漏洞的法案已经提交州立法机关。
People who have voluntarily become intoxicated to the point that they are unable to give consent are currently not protected by New York's rape laws, says state assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, who first sponsored legislation to close the loophole in 2019.
州议员杰弗里·迪诺维茨 (Jeffrey Dinowitz) 于 2019 年首次发起立法来堵住这一漏洞，他表示，那些自愿喝醉而无法表示同意的人目前不受纽约州强奸法的保护。
"The real bottom line is that right now if you are voluntarily intoxicated, you will not get justice," he tells BBC News.
“真正的底线是，如果你现在自愿喝醉，你将无法得到正义，”他告诉英国广播公司新闻。
"Being voluntarily intoxicated, basically, is almost like giving somebody a get out of jail free card."
“基本上，自愿喝醉几乎就像给某人一张出狱卡。”
Dinowitz says that around half of US states have already changed their laws to say it makes no difference whether intoxication is voluntarily or involuntarily in rape cases.
迪诺维茨说，美国大约一半的州已经修改了法律，规定强奸案件中醉酒是自愿还是非自愿没有区别。
Hochul said she will support the existing bill and that it could move forward as early as the next legislative session which reconvenes in January.
Hochul 表示，她将支持现有法案，并且最早可能在一月份重新召开的下一次立法会议上推进该法案。
As governor, she could also call lawmakers back for a special session before then. 'Ashamed': Cornell students gather to voice anger over alleged gang rape What we know about Cornell University frat house rape investigation NY's governor appoints special prosecutor in Cornell frat rape investigation
作为州长，她还可以在此之前召集立法者召开特别会议。 “羞耻”：康奈尔大学学生聚集在一起对涉嫌轮奸表示愤怒 我们对康奈尔大学兄弟会强奸案调查了解多少 纽约州州长任命特别检察官参与康奈尔兄弟会强奸案调查
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