Cynthia Erivo reached out to The View host Sunny Hostin after she faced backlash over comments she made about the alleged sexual assault involving the ‘Cornell 7’.
It comes after Hostin faced backlash over comments she made on The View, with some viewers accusing her of defending the alleged Cornell 7.
During the episode, she said: “It’s important to understand why the DA did not bring a case” against them in 2024.
“She allowed other boys and consented to other boys snorting ketamine off of her body, and under New York law, voluntary intoxication or drug use that merely impairs judgment does not legally constitute an inability to consent to sexual activity,” Hostin said at the time. “That means if you voluntarily ingest drugs, voluntarily take alcohol, you can agree to have threesomes – which, in her statement, she agreed to have two separate threesomes.”
“I was kind of fascinated by the way people received the information that I gave, which was ultimately, the law in New York must be changed because the bar is so very high. In New York, once someone is voluntarily intoxicated, to prove sexual assault. It’s already beyond a reasonable doubt, and then you add that on to it; the burden becomes so high. It’s almost impossible to prove sexual assault.”