Lzzy Hale Slams Alleged Perpetrators in Cornell 7 Rape Case: ‘You Are a Sick Monster’
Categoria: Musica
The singer was unequivocal about her thoughts on the case that has shocked the nation.
Por Billboard | 02/10/2026
Lzzy Hale had an unequivocal message about the recent filing of a lawsuit by a former Cornell student alleging a gang rape and drugging in 2024. “If you are the kind of man who thinks it’s ok to reduce another human being to nothing more than something you can stick your d–k into … there is something severely wrong with you,” Hale wrote on Instagram Wednesday (Sept. 30) about the case, which has been reopened in the wake of outrage about the horrific details revealed in a bombshell story in the student newspaper, the Cornell Daily Sun , as well as in the victim’s civil lawsuit. “You are not a ‘promising young man,’ you are a sick monster that needs to be punished and prevented from having contact with other humans.” Hale was reacting to the effort to revisit the case in which a woman, referred to as Jane Doe in the lawsuit, alleges that she was given drugs and alcohol and then repeatedly sexually assaulted and raped by seven then-members of the Chi Phi fraternity while a student at Cornell in October 2024. The fraternity brothers also allegedly set up a Snapchat group in which they encouraged other members of the frat to join the assault on the then 20-year-old victim, NBC News reported. According to CBS News , Doe reported the alleged assault to campus police in November 2024, but the Tompkins County D.A.’s office reportedly declined to pursue criminal charges against any of the alleged attackers. The details of the case have caused national outrage and demands for a new investigation, with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announcing on Thursday (Oct. 1) that she’s appointed New York Attorney General Letitia James as a special prosecutor to oversee a new investigation into the case. Hale’s fury over the incident was evident in her post, in which she continued, “And if you are the kind of man who stands idly by while witnessing a r*pe (yes even if you saw it in a group chat you are still a witness to that r*pe), and choose to do nothing/say nothing … you are NOT ‘the good guy’ you are an accessory to the sexual assault and also need to be brought to justice, because we don’t want your kind walking among us either.” The Halestorm singer also had a pointed message for people in positions of power to hold the alleged perpetrators to account. “[If you] do nothing, take their side, or let them off with a f–king ‘writing assignment,’ you should be stripped of your power and privilege of walking among us.” According to NBC News , the seven men — none of whom were arrested or charged — allegedly involved in the assault were given a variety of sanctions, ranging from writing a “reflection paper to suspension and expulsion from the university.” On Sept. 21, Cornell acknowledged the filing of Jane Doe’s lawsuit in a statement, calling the allegations “ deeply disturbing .” The state