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Cornell student paper blasted out names of alleged frat rapists — but scrubbed bylines of own writer accused of sex assaults

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The Cornell Sun, known for naming fraternity members accused of gang rape in an editorial, removed the bylines from articles written by former staff member Esat Braveboy after he was sued for alleged sexual assaults. Braveboy’s byline was scrubbed from at least seven previously published stories and replaced with "News Department." The paper did not cover the lawsuit against Braveboy or mention him on its website, despite his involvement in reporting various news items while employed there.

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In November 2026, the Cornell University student newspaper, The Cornell Sun, faced criticism for publishing articles naming alleged fraternity rapists while simultaneously removing bylines from stories written by a staff member accused of sexual assault. Esat Braveboy, who had worked as a scribe at The Sun between September 2020 and December 2021, was separately accused in a 2023 lawsuit of allegedly drug-facilitated sexual assaults against multiple students. After leaving Cornell without completing his undergraduate degree due to the accusations, Braveboy's bylines on seven previously published articles were scrubbed from The Sun’s online archives, replaced with generic "News Department" credits. One of the stories he wrote covered a student assembly discussing the severance of ties between campus police and the Ithaca Police Department, highlighting the irony in his removal from the publication.

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Cornell University’s student newspaper gladly grabbed national headlines as the first outlet to name the frat bros recently sued for alleged gang rape — but it also apparently had no problem scrubbing the bylines of one of its own staff writers separately accused of sex assault. asserted

it → grab → assault

Then-Ivy League student and Cornell Sun scribe Esat Braveboy was accused in a 2023 lawsuit of the alleged “drug-facilitated sexual assault” of multiple coeds. asserted

Braveboy → accuse → coeds

Braveboy had already left the school by the time the suit was filed, failing to finish his undergrad degree amid the accusations. But before he left, he had his byline on at least seven Sun stories, according to online archives and his own LinkedIn page. uncertain

he → leave → archives

Or at least he used to. asserted

he → use → ?

The bylines on the stories that used to bear Braveboy’s name now each read, “News Department.” asserted

that → use → Department

The stories written by Braveboy — who worked at the paper for more than a year, between September 2020 and December 2021, according to his LinkedIn — includea report covering a student assembly calling for Cornell campus cops to sever ties with the Ithaca Police Department. uncertain

cops → write → Department

The Sun recently made news when it became the first outlet to publish the names of the “Cornell 7,” the fraternity brothers tied to an alleged on-campus gang rape, in an editorial. asserted

it → make → editorial

The men’s names had been listed in a Sept. 16 lawsuit filed against them by their anonymous accuser, although they have yet to be charged with a crime. asserted

they → list → crime

The Post broke the story of the lawsuit. asserted

Post → break → lawsuit

“We know who you are and we refuse to let you benefit from this University’s concealment,” the paper wrote to the accused students. asserted

paper → know → students

The blistering editorial in September announced that the paper’s editors “refuse for this victim to be reduced to just another story.” asserted

victim → blister → story

When the 2023 lawsuit was filed involving former staffer Braveboy, the outlet appears to have not covered it at all. asserted

outlet → file → it

The Sun’s website also appears to have scrubbed any mention of Braveboy, aside from a contributing reporting tagline in a student column about renaming Cornell’s English department from “English” to its current iteration of “Literatures in English.” asserted

website → appear → English

The Daily Sun did not respond to Post requests for comment and clarification. asserted

Sun → respond → comment

A new story on the transition listed on Braveboy’s LinkedIn, as well as several archival sites, no longer contains his byline, either. asserted

story → list → byline

The former Ivy Leaguer is now a “game master” who leads “Dungeons & Dragons” role-playing adventures for adolescents, encouraging critical and collaborative thinking,” according to his LinkedIn. uncertain

who → lead → LinkedIn

Braveboy’s lawyer did not respond to a Post request for comment but has denied all of the sex allegations against their client in court. asserted

lawyer → respond → court

Braveboy’s other stories concerned student assembly votes, local elections and a Gofundme campaign for a since-shuttered Ithaca bubble-tea joint. asserted

stories → concern → joint

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