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 Polymarket allowed users to bet on whether any one of the 7 defendants in the Cornell rape case will be charged with a felony sex crime and the market did almost HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IN VOLUME
10/20/26 09:38 AM
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Polymarket and its athlete endorsers came under fire for a market on the company’s international platform that allowed users to bet on whether any of the seven male defendants accused of raping a Cornell student will be charged with a felony sex crime. Following initial publication of this story, the company removed the market.
The market, which was not available on Polymarket’s U.S. app, was first made available Sept. 30. As of early Monday afternoon, there was $451,633 in volume, with traders placing a roughly 28% chance on the market resolving to “yes” by Jan. 31, 2027, which is when the market was set to close.
“This is dehumanizing, disgusting, and dangerous,” attorney Cheyenne Hunt wrote in an Instagram post about the market, which has racked up roughly 6,900 likes of 548 comments. “To the celebrity ambassadors for Polymarket, do you really want to be associated with this?”
An Instagram post from I Have The Right To, a nonprofit advocacy organization focused on sexual assault, asked “What kind of culture looks at sexual violence and sees an opportunity for profit?”
“This is rape culture. And it should disturb every single one of us,” says the post. “But Polymarket isn’t the only one that deserves to be called out. Major celebrities have helped promote the platform, lending their names, influence, and credibility to the company.”
https://frontofficesports.com/article/polymarket-athlete-endorsers-under-fire-over-cornell-7-market/
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