Halestorm's Lzzy Hale posted a blistering statement aimed at men who commit sexual assault, and at the men who see it happen, even in a group chat, and say nothing.
"You are not a 'promising young man,'" she wrote. Bystanders who stay silent, she said, are "an accessory to the sexual assault" and need to be brought to justice too.
Her post lands two days after the Tompkins County district attorney said he is reopening the criminal investigation into a former Cornell student's allegation that she was drugged and assaulted at the Chi Phi fraternity house in 2024, after a Snapchat group message allegedly invited others in while it was happening. He says the evidence goes to a grand jury within 45 days. The men named in her civil lawsuit deny the allegations.
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