Ex-South Park writer launches website targeting 7 Cornell students accused of rape

Former South Park writer and satirist Toby Morton has launched a website targeting seven former Cornell University fraternity members accused in a civil lawsuit of drugging, raping, and sexually assaulting a female student, saying he intends to hold those involved accountable.

The Independent reported that Morton launched TheCornell7.org over the weekend after the Tompkins County District Attorney's Office decided to reopen its investigation into the 2024 allegations. The site is intended to document the case involving seven members of Cornell's Chi Phi fraternity, who have not been criminally charged.

The former student, identified as Jane Doe, alleges in a civil lawsuit that she was drugged, gang raped and sexually assaulted for seven hours at the fraternity's house in Ithaca, New York, in October 2024, when she was 20.

Morton said on Instagram that he had acquired TheCornell7.org as well as domains associated with the seven men and Cornell administrators, including the university president.

"I successfully acquired TheCornell7.org, along with domains associated with the 7 r*pists at the center of this story and Cornell administrators, including Cornell's President," Morton wrote on Instagram Friday. "TheCornell7.org is live…don't f*** with me."

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In a follow-up post the next day, Morton wrote, "I not only own variations of your domain names, but I now have photos. I'm now slowly finding out where you work."

He also said he had acquired domains related to "those employed at Cornell who gave you a break, and I'm coming for them too."

Morton said he had received messages questioning his role because he is a satirist rather than a journalist.

"I've received messages 'reminding me I'm not a journalist, I'm 'just a satirist," he wrote.

"This is true," he noted. "But this makes me far more dangerous. I have no limits. No boundaries. Nobody to tell me I've gone too far."

Morton also warned, "there will be ads, there will be billboards. This isn't going away."

The website says it will document the woman's account, the lawsuit, public records, reporting and institutional responses surrounding the case. Morton says he has received names, photographs, documents and messages related to the case and intends to verify the material before publishing it.

The development comes as prosecutors reconsider whether criminal charges can be brought against the seven men. Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten said his office would present evidence to a grand jury.

Prosecutors have said the allegations in the civil complaint are "dramatically different" from the account Doe gave police at the time of the alleged incident.

According to the lawsuit, Doe was visiting a friend at the Chi Phi house when she was allegedly persuaded to take a substance she was told was ketamine. The complaint alleges that, after an initial assault, one of the men posted in the fraternity's Snapchat group that there was "free p***y" and invited others to join.

The lawsuit alleges that the assault continued for hours while Doe was incapacitated.

None of the seven men has been criminally charged. According to Doe's legal team, Cornell expelled two of the students, while the others received lesser disciplinary measures, including temporary suspensions, workshops and essay-writing assignments.

Cornell has rejected claims that it failed to impose serious sanctions.

"Any suggestion that the university did not impose consequential punishments for those involved is false," Cornell said in a statement. "A continuation of the false narrative that there were minimal consequences in this case is irresponsible, will make survivors feel less safe and supported, and will perpetuate the underreporting of sexual assault."

An attorney for Scott Kretzschmar, one of the men named in the lawsuit, denied the allegations.

Jeremy Saland said, "At bottom, Scott never sexually assaulted or even touched the plaintiff in any way. Period. We look forward to confronting the plaintiff in a court of law for her selfishly false claims with both the evidence and her own words."

The Independent has contacted Saland Law for comment.

Scott Norris, another defendant, also denied taking part in the alleged rape, assault, or drug use.

"I did not participate in any sexual activity or drug use. I was not found responsible by Cornell for any of the accusations involving sexual activity and drug use for which others received serious consequences. I thoughtlessly engaged in Snapchat and briefly stopped in the room where misconduct happened but not when it happened," Norris told ABC News through an attorney.

In a statement Monday, Cornell Vice President for University Relations Kyle Kimball said the university supported the district attorney's decision to reopen the investigation.

"Cornell also conducted a thorough Title IX investigation, which is separate from a criminal proceeding, over the course of several months. During that investigation, temporary suspensions and other restrictive measures were used. After the investigation, and pursuant to federal law, the matter was sent to a hearing where a panel of trained faculty and staff heard evidence over multiple days," the statement read.

"The complainant and respondents had the opportunity to testify and present evidence. At its conclusion, the hearing panel issued a range of sanctions, which included expulsions and suspensions from Cornell. None of the individuals charged were offered the opportunity to write essays as a sole consequence of their involvement."

Cornell also said the Chi Phi fraternity had been closed in 2024 and remained prohibited from campus.

"Any suggestion that the university did not impose consequential punishments for those involved is false," the statement added. "A continuation of the false narrative that there were minimal consequences in this case is irresponsible, will make survivors feel less safe and supported, and will perpetuate the underreporting of sexual assault."