{"id":1604116,"date":"2022-08-13T06:01:35","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T10:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1604116"},"modified":"2022-08-13T06:02:29","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T10:02:29","slug":"rising-democrat-star-jack-cocchiarella-was-kicked-out-of-dartmouth-dems-over-sexual-abuse-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rising-democrat-star-jack-cocchiarella-was-kicked-out-of-dartmouth-dems-over-sexual-abuse-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Rising Democrat Star Jack Cocchiarella Was Kicked Out of Dartmouth Dems Over Sexual Abuse Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frising-democrat-star-jack-cocchiarella-was-kicked-out-of-dartmouth-dems-over-sexual-abuse-allegations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1604116&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><span>Jack Cocchiarella is a rising star in Democratic politics, earning thousands as a \u201cGen Z\u201d\u00a0 digital strategist for the likes of Florida gubernatorial candidate Rep. Charlie Crist and Marcus Flowers, running against Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene in Georgia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cocchiarella also has a secret. He was kicked out of the Dartmouth College Democrats last year after serious accusations of abusive behavior toward women began circulating.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_52548\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-52548\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Jack Cocchiarella (far right) meets President Joe Biden.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Cocchiarella has built a mini-media empire with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/zoomed-in-by-meidastouch\/id1580828633\"><span>podcasts <\/span><\/a><span>and high-traffic social media accounts. He is a Twitter Super Follow with more than 250,000 followers, another 15,000 on Instagram, and almost 20,000 on TikTok.\u00a0 Cocchiarella uses his platform to push Democratic talking points and praise politicians like President Joe Biden and Texas\u2019s Beto O\u2019Roarke.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/6TkjonG5Rjg\"><span>Cocchiarella went viral last year<\/span><\/a><span> when he filmed himself confronting Congressman Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.), during the congressman\u2019s appearance at Dartmouth College.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>He has since gone viral in a less-flattering way. The <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/top-desantis-challenger-paid-thousands-to-gen-z-liberal-activist-facing-campus-wide-allegations-of-sexual-assault\/\">Washington Free Beacon reports<\/a> on\u00a0a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/dartmouth\/comments\/re9rju\/beware_there_is_a_serial_rapist_on_campus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">string<\/a>\u00a0of December 2021\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/ApplyingToCollege\/comments\/recmol\/sadly_sexual_assault_still_happens_in_the_ivy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reddit<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/ApplyingToCollege\/comments\/rf2unj\/more_info_on_the_dartmouth_sexual_assaults\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posts<\/a> that accused Cocchiarella of using \u201chis Twitter notoriety and left-wing credentials to position himself as an ally. Then, once people let their guards down, he rapes them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span>NHJournal verified the college disciplined him for at least one instance of allegedly abusive behavior. NHJournal spoke to an alleged victim who provided documents about the incident, including a letter warning Cocchiarella that he could be suspended for violating the school\u2019s Sexual and Gender-based Misconduct Policy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>NH Journal is not reporting the name of the alleged victim to protect her identity. She told the Journal that Cocchiarella groped her on one occasion and attempted to touch her on several other occasions before she reported him to the school\u2019s Title IX office.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>She said Cocchiarella was friendly at first, but his behavior turned into stalking over a few weeks. His actions became progressively more inappropriate.\u00a0 She started to feel unsafe around Cocchiarella and decided to go to the Title IX office.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhat was scary is he said a lot of really misogynistic things,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The woman is still shocked by Cocchiarella\u2019s online persona as a feminist ally and progressive fighter when in reality she was scared of him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHow does he have this platform as a feminist,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>College officials declined to comment for this story. Cocchiarella did not respond to several\u00a0<\/span><span>requests for comment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cocchiarella is no longer a student at Dartmouth. He recently confirmed in an Aug. 1 podcast that he had switched Ivy League schools and is now a student at Columbia University.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Late last month, Twitter users started tweeting at Cocchiarella about the allegations of sexual misconduct. Many accusers have been telling their stories online for months in<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/dartmouth\/comments\/re9rju\/beware_there_is_a_serial_rapist_on_campus\/\"><span> forums for Dartmouth<\/span><\/a><span> students as Cocchiarella started to gain fame for his liberal activism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Dartmouth College Democrats Twitter account published a tweet claiming Cocchiarella was kicked out of the club last year when several allegations became known on campus. The club later deleted that tweet, but a source familiar with the matter confirmed to NH Journal that Cocchiarella had been kicked out of the club because of the allegations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Free Bacon also notes Cocchiarella appeared on a YouTube television show for the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=54kCK82-HbI\"><span>Lincoln Project<\/span><\/a><span>, the anti-Trump political action committee founded by alleged sexual predator <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/john-weaver-mortgage\/\"><span>John Weaver<\/span><\/a><span>. Cocchiarella was on the show to plug his own political podcast, Zoomed In.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Dartmouth College has a dark history of sexual misconduct on campus. Three years ago, the school paid a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/08\/06\/us\/dartmouth-sexual-abuse-settlement.html\"><span>$14 million settlement <\/span><\/a><span>to women who claimed they were sexually assaulted and harassed by three professors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The school\u2019s fraternity culture has also gained notoriety. One fraternity served as a model for the one depicted in the 1978 movie \u201c<\/span><span>Animal House<\/span><span>.\u201d The fraternities were also the center of<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2015\/11\/dartmouth-fraternity-hazing-sae\"><span> recent hazing scandals<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jack Cocchiarella is a rising star in Democratic politics, earning thousands as a \u201cGen Z\u201d\u00a0 digital strategist for the likes of Florida gubernatorial candidate Rep. 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