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Jacqueline Kelly, who took part in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs case, will head criminal inquiry into 2024 incident at universityThe New York attorney general, Letitia James, has tapped a former prosecutor involved in the Sean “Diddy” Combs case to head a criminal investigation into 2024 sexual assault allegations at Cornell University.On Wednesday, James <a href="https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2026/attorney-general-james-appoints-veteran-prosecutor-outside-counsel-cornell" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">appointed </a>Cornell alum Jacqueline Kelly to serve as outside counsel and lead a “fair and comprehensive criminal investigation”. Kelly, formerly chief of the civil rights unit in the US attorney’s office for the southern district of New York, will report directly to James’s office. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/04/cornell-sexual-assault-prosecutor-jacqueline-kelly" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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