Rape reported at another elite college’s frat party — as group cheered on attack, asked ‘when’s my turn’: witness
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Rape reported at another elite college’s frat party — as group cheered on attack, asked ‘when’s my turn’: witness

A young woman reported that she was raped in a frat house bathroom at the University of Chicago — as a group of men cheered “when’s my turn” and “let me in,” outside the door.

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The shocking report at another elite university fraternity house comes weeks after the “Cornell 7” gang rape allegations.

The alleged assault at UChicago took place in the early hours of Sunday during a rowdy party at the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house in Hyde Park, The New York Times reported.

The woman, 21, was not a student of the university but attended the party alongside her pal Mia Lara, 21, and another friend after seeing it advertised on the frat’s Instagram.

Lara said she and her pals were dancing in the basement and her friend started kissing a man before disappearing.

After searching the house, Lara found a small group of men cheering outside a locked bathroom door in the basement, “saying things like, ‘When’s it my turn?’ and ‘I want to go in there’” she told the Times.

Lara managed to force herself into the bathroom where she found her friend sitting on the floor, slumped against the wall, undressed with her underwear pulled down shortly before 2 a.m., the outlet reported.

The man, who was also not a student at the university, had his hands on her wrists as she yelled “Make it stop” and “Get me out of here,” Lara told the publication.

Lara chased down the man outside of the frat house, accusing him of assaulting her friend, to which he allegedly responded, “She wanted to.”

The university said Tuesday it had identified a “person of interest” in the assault who has since been banned from campus.

Chicago police said they are investigating the sexual assault accusations and confirmed the victim went to the hospital for treatment. No arrests had been made as of Wednesday evening.

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A spokesperson for the fraternity’s national organization said the suspect was not one of the chapter’s members.

“We do not believe that any AEPi members were involved in this horrible act, nor were they complicit with it,” Jonathan Pierce said in an email to the Times.

Frats at UChicago are not formally affiliated with the school but are still “subject to university policies and disciplinary procedures,” according to the college.

In a statement on Instagram, the frat said it is “deeply disturbed by the sexual assault that occurred on the night of Saturday, October 10th” and “condemn this violence unequivocally.”

“We became aware of the situation through one of our sober monitors being called over by the victim’s friend,” Alpha Epsilon Pi, University of Chicago, said.

“We immediately responded and multiple members of the fraternity, including our risk manager, arrived at the scene, providing assistance to the victim.

“A member stayed with the victim until the necessary authorities arrived, only leaving after the police had asked him to do so. The party was shut down immediately following our notice of the events.”

The chapter said it “will continue to support the investigation to the fullest extent and offer our support in any way possible” and its “concern is first and foremost for the person harmed, whose privacy and dignity we ask everyone to respect.”

The frat’s headquarters said it’s assisting the university administration and local law enforcement with the investigation and told the UChicago chapter to pause all events while the probe is underway.

“Most importantly, all of AEPi hurts for the person who was the victim in this incident,” the national headquarters said in a statement. “No one should attend an event on any campus – fraternity-based or otherwise – and have to fear for their safety and wellbeing.”

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