Florence Pugh stands up for alleged rape victim at Cornell University

Actress Florence Pugh chose to use her notoriety to help an alleged rape victim obtain justice. A spontaneous involvement which is undoubtedly explained by the seriousness of the matter of which the actress learned after the broadcast of the content of the complaint filed on September 16 by a former student of Cornell University in the United States.

Wishing to remain anonymous, the complainant accuses seven members of the Chi Phi fraternity of the prestigious establishment of having drugged and raped her in October 2024. According to The Independent, none of them has, at this stage, been criminally charged.

“This is precisely the moment when we need men to be as horrified and sickened as we are. You need to lead the debate on how to end the complacency and (male) complicity that surrounds this kind of behavior, as much as we (women) do,” Florence Pugh wrote in an Instagram post.

“How can you expect us to believe in the slogan “not all men” when, at times like this, many of you keep silent? »

Following her post, Florence Pugh claimed that some followers only saw a warning or were no longer able to scroll through her post due to Instagram's censorship filters. Meta has since published a press release relayed by Stylist explaining that it first applied a filter linked to descriptions of sexual violence, before lifting it after re-examining the post, the media interest of which was recognized.

The content of the publication is therefore supposed to be accessible to adult user accounts, knowing that it had already been widely reposted on other networks.

As for the case, it remains ongoing: the prosecutor of Tompkins County, New York, has reopened the investigation and plans to submit the case to a grand jury, which will determine whether indictments are warranted, knowing that the accusations in the complaint filed this month would differ in part from those made by the plaintiff during her first deposition in 2024.

Finally, and while none of these accusations have yet been the subject of prosecutions or convictions, Cornell University has indicated that expulsions and suspensions had been issued following an internal procedure.