Overview
- Survivors, students, professors and elected officials denounced Columbia’s newly released report as a cover-up they say leaves key questions unanswered.
- The New York attorney general’s office says it is conducting a thorough investigation into the institutions’ response to Robert Hadden’s misconduct.
- The report, commissioned by Columbia and NewYork-Presbyterian, cites weak chaperone practices, barriers to reporting and ineffective responses to complaints.
- Two senior figures, Dr. Mary D’Alton and Dr. Lee Goldman, exited leadership roles following the report, as survivors pressed for firings and public apologies.
- Columbia has paid settlements totaling about $1 billion to roughly 1,000 women, and Hadden is serving a 20-year federal sentence after years of documented abuse.