Cornell student expelled over gang rape allegations leaves for Thailand

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 10 Oct, 19:24 · Archive

A Cornell University student accused of gang rape has left for Thailand after being expelled in a Title IX investigation.

Matthew Ingalls, 21, one of seven Cornell University students accused of gang rape, has reportedly left the United States. The Daily Mail reports he told friends in Dubai he was taking a gap year in Thailand to 'find himself' after Cornell expelled him following a Title IX investigation. A woman identified as Jane Doe filed a civil lawsuit alleging Ingalls lured her to his Chi Phi fraternity house and initiated a ketamine-fuelled threesome before an alleged attack in October 2024. Ingalls has denied the allegations.

Ingalls was born Umar Matthew Ingalls and grew up primarily between the Middle East and the United States. He attended Dubai International Academy, an elite private school in the city's Emirates Hills neighbourhood, before attending Cornell University where he played on the rugby team in 2023-2024. His father, Matthew B Ingalls, is an associate professor and chair of the Department of International and Middle Eastern Studies at American University in Dubai, where he has taught since 2016. The New York Post reports the elder Ingalls, 48, is a Yale-educated convert to Islam who has also taught courses on Sharia law and Islam at Yale, the University of Puget Sound and American University in Cairo.

The Daily Mail reports the family previously lived in the affluent Jumeirah district of Dubai but have temporarily moved elsewhere. The father's profile and contact details disappeared from American University in Dubai's website this week, according to the Daily Mail.

How it is being reported

• ‘Cornell 7’ frat bro who said he was ‘sodomized’ trashed US, is son of Dubai-based Islamic studies profMatthew Ingalls -- the Cornell University Chi Phi fraternity brother who admitted he initiated the now infamous threesome that an unnamed female student claimed in a lawsuit turned into a gang rape -- is a US hater who grew up in privilege and whose father teaches Islamic studies in Dubai, The Post has learned.New York Post · 10 Oct, 19:15
• 'Cornell 7' frat boy told friends he was going to Thailand to 'find himself' after gang rape allegations... as his father is revealed to be a professor of Sharia Law and his privileged life unravelsMatthew B Ingalls - the father of former Cornell student Matthew Ingalls - specializes in Islamic law, Muslim intellectual history and Sufism, the Daily Mail can reveal.Daily Mail · 10 Oct, 01:30

In this story: Matthew Ingalls · Matthew B Ingalls · Cornell University · American University in Dubai · Dubai · Thailand

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