Cornell Case Returns With Letitia James As Special Prosecutor

Kayal and Company · Oct 5, 2026 · 37m

We begin the final Kayal and Company hour with the Cornell case and Gov. Kathy Hochul’s appointment of New York Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor. We question whether James can approach the case impartially after her public comments, revisit conflicting accounts surrounding the alleged assault and spend considerable time on the difference between immoral conduct, university discipline and what prosecutors can prove under criminal law. That turns into a broader discussion of New York’s intoxication statutes, Cornell’s Title IX process and the public pressure surrounding the…