A University of Arizona sorority member has accused two men of sexually assaulting her at a fraternity house in August.
The woman, whose identity has not been disclosed, told police the alleged assault occurred on August 26 at the Sigma Phi Epsilon house near the Tucson campus, according to search warrant records obtained by KOLD.
She said she had spent the evening at the fraternity house with friends, drinking tequila, before consensually kissing one of the men.
According to the search warrant, her next memory was waking up in a different room without her pants or underwear.
She later recalled two men—one blonde and one brunette—sexually assaulting her. The woman told investigators she believed she said, “please stop.”
The next morning, she walked back to her sorority house and noticed she was having trouble swallowing. The search warrant identified the symptom as a possible indication of strangulation.
She called her mother but said she did not remember making the call. After falling asleep and waking several hours later, she reported the alleged assault to the University of Arizona Police Department (UAPD).
On August 28, two days after the alleged assault, she called one of the men and recorded their conversation.
A University of Arizona student has accused two men of sexually assaulting her at the Sigma Phi Epsilon house in August
The allegations emerged just weeks after University of Arizona Dean of Students Chrissy Lieberman announced a suspension of all fraternity activities over hazing allegations
The sorority member told police she agreed to kiss one of the men but does not remember consenting to sex
In the recorded conversation, the man acknowledged that he and the woman had sex but said he had been drunk and was “fuzzy” about what had taken place, according to the warrant.
He allegedly told her that only the two of them had sex, that no one else was involved and that she had consented.
On September 8, UAPD secured a search warrant for the Sigma Phi Epsilon house in an effort to obtain surveillance footage from the night of the alleged assault.
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The fraternity’s national organization said it had directed members of the Arizona chapter to cooperate with the investigation.
“The Fraternity has suspended those involved while the investigation proceeds. Any member found responsible will be expelled from Sigma Phi Epsilon, and we will cooperate fully with law enforcement as it seeks accountability under the law,” Brian Warren, the organization’s chief executive officer, said in a statement.
As of Wednesday morning, the Pima County Attorney’s Office told the Daily Mail that it had not received the case and believed the investigation remained ongoing.
The Tucson Police Department told the Daily Mail that the investigation is being handled by UAPD.
The allegations came only weeks after the University of Arizona suspended fraternity activities following persistent reports of misconduct, including assault, hazing and drug- and alcohol-related behavior.
Meanwhile, Cornell University’s Jane Doe gang rape allegations have rocked the Ivy League campus and sparked national outrage
The lawsuit claims that during the assault, Newell posted to a ‘Chi Phi Actives’ Snapchat group that there was ‘free p***y’ upstairs, referring to Doe
Although prosecutors initially declined to charged the men, Cornell expelled two of the accused frat brothers, Jonathan Newell and Matthew Ingalls
‘The number of cases under investigation and the severity of the concerns is egregious,’ the university’s Dean of Students Chrissy Lieberman said in a letter to campus Greek life on October 5.
The Daily Mail contacted the University of Arizona, UAPD and the fraternity’s University of Arizona chapter for comment.
Meanwhile, Cornell University’s Jane Doe gang rape allegations have rocked the Ivy League campus and sparked national outrage.
The woman filed a civil lawsuit claiming she was coerced into taking drugs and sexually assaulted by seven members of the Chi Phi fraternity at an off-campus house in 2024.
Cornell has since banned all fraternity parties for the rest of the year and hired Sally Yates, a former Obama-appointed justice official who was infamously fired by President Donald Trump, to investigate its response to gang rape allegations.
The seven men, Umar Matthew Ingalls, Jonathan Newell, Winston Lee, Gillio Lopes, Diego Sarabia, Scott Norris and Scott Kretzschmar, have denied the allegations against them.
They have not been criminally charged, but the case has been reopened and a special counsel has been appointed to lead the investigation.