Lawsuit accuses Cornell student from prominent family in assault case
Winston Lee, one of seven Cornell fraternity members accused in a civil lawsuit of sexually assaulting a student, comes from a prominent South Korean family. The article reports that his older sister, Lynn, previously worked at Yale as a consent educator, organising workshops intended to help students recognise harmful social and sexual dynamics.
The lawsuit alleges that Lee and another student initiated the assault at the Chi Phi fraternity house in October 2024, and that Lee snorted ketamine from the complainant’s body. All seven men deny the allegations; Lee says the encounter was consensual, while Cornell suspended him for two years after an internal investigation. The article also details his family connections: his late grandfather Lee Hong-koo was South Korea’s prime minister in the mid-1990s and later ambassador to the UK and US.
- Winston Lee denies allegations in a civil lawsuit over an alleged assault at Cornell.
- Cornell suspended him for two years after an internal investigation.
- His sister previously worked as a consent educator at Yale.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “‘Cornell 7’ frat boy’s powerful family dynasty and web of connections to global elite revealed… as his own sister’s fight against university rape emerges”.