Megyn Kelly Calls Cornell Case 'Deeply Immoral'

TheWrap reports that Megyn Kelly used her Monday podcast to criticize how the media has covered the sexual assault investigation at Cornell University. She said the seven fraternity brothers named in a civil lawsuit have not been given due process.

"These young men have had their names plastered all over every major newscast in America for a week now," Kelly said on "The Megyn Kelly Show." "The mob has decided they're guilty and ought to be put to death, which is literally what we are hearing in several circles online without a trial, without a due process chance to defend themselves."

She called the situation "deeply immoral."

"This is deeply immoral. There are two sides to every story. You don't know, and I don't know what happened inside of Cornell that night."

TheWrap notes that Sunny Hostin of "The View" also questioned the due process. She said the men's pictures shouldn't be shared before charges are filed.

"The pictures of these young men who have not been charged, not been adjudicated, are being plastered all over the internet," Hostin said on ABC. "I think people are reporting this story inaccurately. I think they're reporting it unfairly."

Hostin added that under New York law, voluntary intoxication does not legally constitute an inability to consent to sexual activity. She also referenced the complainant's statement that she agreed to two separate threesomes.

TheWrap reports that celebrities such as Florence Pugh, Mariska Hargitay and Hudson Williams have taken the opposite stance, condemning the alleged assailants and the university for what they see as insufficient punishment.

• Cornell University
• due process
• Megyn Kelly
• sexual assault investigation
• Sunny Hostin
• The View