A former South Park writer has launched a website targeting seven men accused of gang-raping a Cornell University student, as well as university employees he says helped them avoid serious consequences. He has warned that “accountability is coming.”
Satirist Toby Morton, who penned five episodes of the Comedy Central series from 2001 to 2003, named the seven former fraternity members in an Instagram post Sunday. The men are accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a 20-year-old woman at a fraternity house in Ithaca, New York, in October 2024.
“Hello, Matthew Ingalls, Johnathan Newell, Winston Lee, Gillio Lopes, Diego Sarabia, Scott Norris, Scott Kretzschmar,” Morton wrote at the beginning of the post. He then announced the creation of a website, “TheCornell7.org,” which he says will document the allegations against them.
Morton said he had registered multiple versions of the men’s domain names and obtained photographs of them. “I’m now slowly finding out where you work,” he added.
He also said his campaign would extend to Cornell employees whom he believes “gave you a break,” declaring that he intended to hold them responsible as well.
Morton said some people had contacted him to point out that he is not a reporter, but “just a satirist.”
“This is true,” he responded. “But this makes me more dangerous. I have no limits. No boundaries. Nobody to tell me I’ve gone too far.”
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The online campaign comes after prosecutors reopened their investigation into the alleged Cornell gang rape following a civil lawsuit filed by the woman’s attorney earlier this month.
The initial investigation into the alleged October 2024 assault ended without criminal charges. However, Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten told ABC News that the civil lawsuit presents allegations that are “dramatically different” from those considered during the original inquiry.
In the complaint filed Sept. 16, the woman—identified only as Jane Doe—claims that seven members of Cornell’s Chi Phi fraternity drugged and sexually assaulted her inside the fraternity house. She also alleges that the men used a group chat to invite other fraternity members to participate in the attack.
The complaint says the seven fraternity members have not been criminally charged. It further alleges that Cornell issued them temporary suspensions and allowed them to try to reduce the consequences of their conduct by submitting essays to the university.
Cornell University has denied the allegations.
The civil complaint includes images that purport to show the fraternity group chat.