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Bill Maher criticises alma mater over Cornell 7 assault case: ‘hated it’

Bill Maher, a graduate from Cornell University, spoke up about the ongoing assault lawsuitDuring the latest episode of Real Time, Bill Maher slammed his alma mater, Cornell University, and the “depravity” of fraternities while speaking about the ongoing Cornell 7 lawsuit.Maher, who graduated from…

Bill Maher criticises alma mater over Cornell 7 assault case: ‘hated it’
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Bill Maher, a graduate from Cornell University, spoke up about the ongoing assault lawsuitDuring the latest episode of Real Time, Bill Maher slammed his alma mater, Cornell University, and the “depravity” of fraternities while speaking about the ongoing Cornell 7 lawsuit.Maher, who graduated from…

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But since it’s my alma mater, where I walked those hallowed halls for four years with so many memories, I don’t want to let my personal feelings get in the way… because they’re all bad.”The TV personality proceeded to say that “Cornell sucks and I f**king hated it.”“I’m glad to see them eating a s*it sandwich.

It’s true,” he said, adding, “Also, this s*it could have happened anywhere there are fraternities, because it happens everywhere there are fraternities.

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Any place that’s all male, no girls allowed, just doesn’t function without depravity.

Ask the Catholic Church, ask the Taliban.

Human nature is bad, and the best we can do is create institutions that don’t make it so easy to be worse.”Maher then called for the abolition of Greek life, explaining that everything that is “inherently bad about men gets worse if you put them in a fraternity.”He continued, “The drinking gets worse, the cruelty, the treatment of women, the tribalism, the peer pressure, one-upmanship, conformity, segregation, nepotism, bullying, elitism….

Maher also went on to throw a few jabs at sororities, calling them “bi*ch factories producing the Karens of tomorrow.”For the unversed, the Cornell 7 lawsuit refers to the legal document filed by an unnamed Cornell University student who accused seven men of raping and drugging her at a frat house party in October 2024 and faced no legal consequences.

Her lawsuit filed against the university claimed that the school failed to protect her and prevent the alleged assault.Following an investigation by the university at the time, two of the men were expelled, while the other five received lesser punishment.

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Bill Maher criticises alma mater over Cornell 7 assault case: ‘hated it’ October 11, 2026.

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