Satirist Toby Morton says he has bought domain names, gathered photos and is tracking down the employers of seven Chi Phi members accused in a civil suit of drugging and assaulting a student in 2024. He says Cornell staff who went easy on them are next.
A comedy writer who worked on "South Park" in the early 2000s has set up a website aimed at the seven Cornell fraternity members accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a student in 2024. He is also going after university staff he says let them off lightly.
Toby Morton, who is credited with five episodes of the Comedy Central series between 2001 and 2003, announced the site, TheCornell7.org, in an Instagram post on Sunday. The post was addressed by name to the seven members of the Chi Phi chapter named in the complaint. None of them has been charged with a crime, and this outlet is not naming them.
Morton said he had bought variations of the men’s domain names, had collected their photos and was working out where they are employed. He added that Cornell employees who "gave you a break" were also on his list.
"I have no limits"
Morton acknowledged that critics had told him he is a satirist, not a journalist. He said he agreed, and argued that it made him more dangerous rather than less, because no editor is there to rein him in. He signed off with a warning: "Accountability is coming."
Case reopened after civil suit
Morton’s campaign comes as prosecutors take a second look at the case. The original investigation into the alleged October 2024 assault at the fraternity house in Ithaca ended without criminal charges. Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten told ABC News that the civil complaint filed this month contains allegations that are "dramatically different" from what investigators had before.
The lawsuit, filed Sept. 16 by a former student identified only as Jane Doe, says she was 20 when the seven fraternity members drugged and assaulted her. It also says they used a group chat to invite other members to join, and screenshots of those messages are attached to the filing.
According to the complaint, Cornell suspended the students only temporarily and let them submit essays to "mitigate their conduct." The university has denied the claim.
Reporting in this story is based on coverage first published by the New York Post, together with the civil complaint and statements to ABC News. The photograph is a stock file image, not a photograph of the people or events described.
