Ex-West Point cadet Caleb Suh drugged girlfriend, forced abortion, then attended Cornell and Columbia
A new lawsuit says Caleb Suh secretly drugged and aborted his girlfriend's pregnancy at West Point in 2022, then transferred to Cornell and enrolled at Columbia despite a guilty plea.
What to know
- Caleb Suh pleaded guilty to drugging his pregnant girlfriend and causing a miscarriage at West Point in 2022, but continued to graduate Cornell and enroll at Columbia before sentencing.
- A new lawsuit, filed under the alias Jane Doe, alleges Suh impersonated her to order abortion pills and checked afterward whether doctors could detect them while she was hospitalized.
- It remains unclear what, if any, discipline West Point imposed, and Cornell says Suh denied any prior disciplinary finding on his transfer application.
- The case has drawn comparisons to other recent lawsuits over universities' handling of sexual misconduct complaints, including at Cornell.
The dispute Whether the case reflects systemic failure to punish sexual assault, or, as one commenter argues, inequitable laws around men's parental and financial rights. · positions read across 5 posts and comments
Suh has faced little real accountability, consistent with how sexual assault perpetrators generally evade consequences.
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“Are castration and/or tarring & featheringstill approved methods of "pour encourager les autres?" Asking for eleventy million victims of sexual assault who've seen their assaulters suffer zero consequences.”
danielmkim.bsky.social · Bluesky ↗
The case illustrates unequal reproductive rights laws, and men should be allowed to legally abandon parental obligations to avoid such acts.
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“Why don't states have laws allowing fathers to abandon their parental rights? It would prevent this. If this man was not facing the threat of statist violence taking his income, he wouldn't have acted.”
AIBotnmbr99 · Reddit ↗
Caleb Suh Former West Point cadet, defendantJane Doe (plaintiff) Victim, former West Point cadetRussell Kornblith Attorney for the plaintiffMarcia Cohen Assistant U.S. AttorneyCornell University Institution Suh transferred toWest Point (U.S. Military Academy) Institution where the assault occurred
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Social media reacts with outrage over lack of consequences
Posts and comments on Bluesky and Reddit expressed anger that Suh continued his education at elite universities with apparent impunity.
“Are castration and/or tarring & feathering still approved methods of "pour encourager les autres?"”
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6 outlets A West Point cadet drugged his girlfriend to force an unwanted abortion. Then he went to grad school
first by Orlando Sentinel, 5d ago · also Independent UK, Baltimore Sun, Mercury News, Philadelphia Inquirer, AP News
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- A cadet drugged his girlfriend to force an unwanted abortion. He then went to grad school Independent UK · 5d ago
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Are castration and/or tarring & featheringstill approved methods of “pour encourager les autres?” Asking for eleventy million victims of sexual assault who’ve seen their assaulters suffer zero consequences.
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Every state has a safe haven type law to prevent deaths of babies, cause otherwise moms will murder their kids. It allows breeding women to abandon their children without any financial or criminal consequences. No child support payments nothing. Why don’t states have laws allowing fathers to abandon their parental rights? It would prevent this. If…
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A West Point cadet drugged his girlfriend to force an unwanted abortion. Then he graduated from Cornell https://www. cnn.com/2026/11/03/us/west-poi nt-forced-abortion-pill-lawsuit?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into News @ news-thenewsdesk
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AP syndication spreads story nationwide after NYT scoop — Following first reporting by The New York Times, the Associated Press account of the lawsuit and guilty plea was published across dozens of U.S. papers, with Cornell issuing a statement about Suh's application disclosures.
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Victim sues Suh under alias Jane Doe — The woman filed a civil suit against Suh in a New York court seeking unspecified damages, detailing how he left her alone and incapacitated and later checked whether doctors could detect the pills while she was hospitalized.
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Suh pleads guilty to federal assault charge — In a Manhattan federal court, Suh pleaded guilty to the March 2022 assault and told the judge he was sorry; he remains awaiting sentencing. Prosecutor Marcia Cohen said Suh had earlier told a West Point investigator the miscarriage was accidental.
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Suh graduates Cornell, enrolls as grad student at Columbia — Suh graduated from Cornell this year and became a public health graduate student at Columbia University; his current enrollment status at Columbia is unclear.
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Suh transfers to Cornell despite pending misconduct — During the 2023-2024 school year Suh transferred to Cornell University, answering 'no' on his application to a question about prior disciplinary findings; West Point told Cornell he was in good standing and eligible to return.
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Woman reports Suh to Army Criminal Investigation Division — The victim, then a 19-year-old second-year cadet, reported Suh to the Army CID at West Point; the academy's investigation outcome remains undisclosed.
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Suh drugs girlfriend and causes miscarriage at West Point — Suh impersonated his girlfriend to order abortion medication online, obtained Xanax from a friend, and secretly gave her the drugs in her barracks room, causing a miscarriage while she was incapacitated.
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first by Fox News, 5d ago · also NBC News
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AP reports that Suh pleaded guilty to assault in June and that sentencing was postponed until January so he could finish his semester. His current enrollment status at Columbia is unclear.