The University of Chicago said it had identified a person of interest in connection with the allegations and barred the individual from campus. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
\n\nA 21-year-old woman has reported an alleged sexual assault at an Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity party at the University of Chicago, where a witness said a group of men were cheering outside a locked bathroom and asking when they would get their turn.
\n\nThe alleged incident took place in the early hours of Sunday at the fraternity house in Hyde Park, according to a report by The New York Times. The allegations have emerged weeks after a separate sexual assault controversy involving fraternity members at Cornell University.
\n\nThe woman, who is not a University of Chicago student, attended the party with her friend Mia Lara, also 21, and another companion after seeing the event advertised on the fraternity’s Instagram account.
\n\nLara told the New York Times that they had been dancing in the basement when her friend began kissing a man and subsequently disappeared. After searching the house, Lara said she found a group of men gathered outside a locked bathroom door.
\n\nThe men were allegedly shouting phrases including “When’s it my…
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