Former 'South Park' Writer Launches Site Naming Men in Cornell Sexual Assault Suit

A civil lawsuit filed Sept. 14 in New York accuses seven members of Cornell University's Chi Phi fraternity of drugging and sexually assaulting a former student in October 2024. None of the men has been criminally charged, and the university disputes claims that it offered them reduced disciplinary consequences in exchange for writing essays. Against that backdrop, former "South Park" writer Toby Morton has launched a website he calls The Cornell 7, naming the seven defendants and promising to publish their photos and employers.

"Accountability should not disappear when the headlines do," Morton wrote, according to Pop Crave. "And we all know this headline will disappear." Morton, who wrote five episodes of the Comedy Central series between 2001 and 2003, addressed the men directly in an Instagram post on Sunday: "Hello, Matthew Ingalls, Johnathan Newell, Winston Lee, Gillio Lopes, Diego Sarabia, Scott Norris, Scott Kretzschmar."

He said he owns variations of the defendants' domain names and is "slowly finding out where you work," according to the New York Post. The site will compile "her account, the lawsuit, public records, documented reporting, institutional responses and additional verified information as it becomes available," Morton wrote, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "The goal is not to be first. The goal is to build a record that can withstand scrutiny."

Morton also said he plans to target Cornell employees he believes gave the men a break. "There Will Be Ads. There Will Be Billboards. This Isn't Going Away," he wrote on Instagram, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He acknowledged criticism that he is not a journalist.

"I've Received Messages. Reminding Me I'm Not A Journalist. I'm 'Just A Satirist,'" he wrote. "This Is True. But This Makes Me More Dangerous." Morton gained attention in 2025 by buying Trump Kennedy Center domains and has created websites mocking Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, Sen. Chuck Schumer and President Trump, according to The Hollywood Reporter and the New York Post.

The lawsuit's filing has drawn national outrage, with celebrities including Florence Pugh and Josh Gad speaking out. On Monday, New York state prosecutors said they will reopen a criminal inquiry into the alleged rape, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Cornell said in a statement that "any suggestion that the university did not impose consequential punishments for those involved is false," and called the narrative of minimal consequences "irresponsible."