Megyn Kelly is facing backlash after making harsh comments about the alleged victim in the Cornell University gang-rape case.
A former student, identified as Jane Doe, alleges she was drugged and sexually assaulted at a fraternity house in 2024, when she was 20. The case was reopened after she filed a lawsuit against Cornell and seven former students.
On her SiriusXM show Monday, Kelly questioned whether the woman had consensual sex with several men and criticized her appearance.
“No one will even consider the possibility that this woman made a decision to get it on with four men total, not seven, and enjoyed it because—I’m just going to be honest, she’s not the most attractive gal,” Kelly said.
She also suggested the woman may have enjoyed receiving attention from the fraternity members, adding that the alleged victim’s delayed report raised questions for her.
“Why do we have to go right to she’s a victim?” Kelly asked. “Even she took weeks to get there.”
The woman’s attorney, Thomas P. Giuffra, called Kelly’s comments “mean-spirited” and said they objectified and minimized the alleged victim.
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“When people with a following attack, it gives others permission to attack. It goes without saying that Jane Doe has been through enough,” Giuffra told The Daily Beast.
Giuffra also referenced Kelly’s own past allegations of sexual harassment against former Fox News chairman Roger Ailes, asking why she took more than a decade to publicly report those claims.
The seven former students named in the lawsuit, who were members of the Chi Phi fraternity, have denied wrongdoing. Some claim the sexual activity was consensual, while others deny participating.