Cornell University is facing fresh scrutiny over how it handled sexual misconduct complaints — this time in a case that dates back several years.

A 2023 lawsuit has resurfaced in which two female students accuse a male classmate of rape along with repeated sexual and physical assaults. They also claim the Ivy League school "failed to properly investigate" what it was told about him.

The man named in the court papers is Esat Braveboy. He has denied the allegations in his own filings.

Complaints on record

According to the suit, students had already reported Braveboy's alleged conduct to the university and lodged Title IX complaints. Even so the plaintiffs say Cornell let him keep preying on them as well as others.

The filing claims "at least five - ten others" were targeted. It goes on to say "it is believed that many more were abused but have yet to come forward."

Another case in the spotlight

The older case is drawing attention less than two months after a woman identified as Jane Doe filed a civil suit against seven Chi Phi fraternity members over an alleged 2024 gang rape.

Matthew Ingalls and Jonathan Newell are among the seven men named in that complaint.

Cornell has also faced questions over a 2022 email in which a campus police officer complained to university leaders that the administration looks the other way on fraternity misconduct.