"Heated Rivalry" star Hudson Williams has joined Mariska Hargitay, Florence Pugh and Sunny Hostin in publicly demanding criminal arrests in the "Cornell Seven" case, posting on Instagram: "Arrest them. F*** them and f*** Cornell, too!"
Williams was reacting to the case of the seven Cornell University fraternity members accused of drugging and raping a classmate in October 2024. No arrests were ever made in the case, and only two of the accused were expelled — an outcome that has fueled outrage among students, parents and now a growing chorus of Hollywood figures. The survivor has since sued the alleged attackers, the fraternity and the university itself.
The case drew renewed national attention in September after the survivor filed her civil lawsuit. The Tompkins County District Attorney later reopened the criminal investigation and said the case would be presented to a grand jury — the first sign in nearly two years that criminal charges might be possible.
Williams's post is among the bluntest celebrity interventions in the saga. Where Hargitay shared posts calling for consequences — writing, "Yes, I think we should ruin the futures of adult men who drug and gang r--- a woman" — and Pugh added her condemnation, Williams aimed his fury at both the accused and the institution, folding Cornell University itself into the indictment. His profanity-laced demand captures the frustration of those who see the university's response — two expulsions, no arrests — as a failure of accountability.
The celebrity pile-on has not gone unanswered. Podcaster Megyn Kelly has attacked Hargitay, Pugh and others for pre-judging the case, arguing that stars were demanding legal consequences without examining the facts and that shameful behavior does not automatically constitute a violent crime. The clash has turned the Cornell case into a proxy war over trial by social media: whether public pressure from famous voices helps force a reluctant system to act, or poisons the well before prosecutors have finished their work.
For now, the facts on the ground are these: a reopened criminal investigation, a pending civil lawsuit against the alleged attackers, the fraternity and Cornell, and a grand jury presentation on the horizon. Williams's post ensures the case stays in the spotlight — and keeps the pressure on authorities who, for two years, brought no charges at all.
Kelly, for her part, has shown no sign of backing down. In addition to Hargitay, she has criticized Florence Pugh, Jake Tapper and other celebrities who condemned the accused, telling her audience: "You don't know what you're talking about." She has said she would welcome speaking directly to the Jane Doe at the center of the case. Whether the grand jury presentation produces the first criminal charges in the nearly two-year-old case — or ends with no indictments — will determine whether the celebrity pressure campaign is remembered as the force that broke the deadlock or as noise around a prosecution that was already moving.