"Heated Rivalry" actor Hudson Williams shared photos of the seven men named in a civil lawsuit over an alleged 2024 Cornell Chi Phi fraternity sexual assault, writing: "Arrest them. F*** them and f*** Cornell too."
Williams joins Florence Pugh and Josh Gad among the Hollywood figures now publicly demanding accountability in the case, as prosecutors have reopened the criminal investigation. His post goes a step further than statements of condemnation: by publishing the men's photos, Williams put faces to the names in the lawsuit, amplifying the survivor's cause while raising the stakes of an already volatile public debate.
The case centers on seven fraternity members accused of drugging and raping a former Cornell University student in October 2024. No arrests were ever made, and only two of the accused were expelled. The survivor filed a civil lawsuit in September against the alleged attackers, the fraternity and Cornell University itself, and the Tompkins County District Attorney later reopened the criminal investigation, saying the case would be presented to a grand jury.
Williams's intervention follows an earlier wave of celebrity commentary that drew its own backlash. Mariska Hargitay and Pugh had condemned the accused and criticized Cornell's handling of the case — prompting podcaster Megyn Kelly to attack them for pre-judging the facts, arguing that shameful behavior does not automatically constitute a violent crime. Williams's post, with its profanity and its direct naming of the accused, is likely to intensify that argument over trial by social media: whether public pressure from famous voices forces a reluctant system to act, or risks tainting the very proceedings the posters claim to want.
For now, the legal machinery is moving: a reopened criminal investigation, a pending grand jury presentation, and a civil suit working through the courts. Williams's decision to share the photos ensures the case remains in the spotlight — and keeps the pressure on authorities who, for nearly two years, brought no charges at all.
Reporting on the case has focused in part on a "Chi Phi Actives" group chat from October 2024, screenshots of which were obtained by the New York Post, and on Hargitay's widely shared post noting that "57 men were in that fraternity group chat. 57. Not one of them stopped it." Kelly has pushed back on the celebrity consensus, arguing on her podcast that the stars condemning the accused were opining without full knowledge of the facts. The survivor's civil suit, filed in September against the alleged attackers, the fraternity and Cornell University, runs parallel to the reopened criminal investigation. If the grand jury returns indictments, Williams's demand will look prescient; if it does not, the photos he shared will remain a lightning rod in the debate over whether public shaming helps or harms the pursuit of justice.