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Alec Cook , a 20-year-old UW-Madison student, has been tentatively charged with a second sexual assault after another victim came forward.

Alec Cook , a 20-year-old UW-Madison student, has been tentatively charged with a second sexual assault after another victim came forward.

Cook tentatively charged with second sexual assault

Alec Cook, 20, who was arrested for alleged sexual assault earlier this week, turned himself into Madison Police officers Thursday night and has been tentatively charged with the sexual assault of a second victim.

The second victim, a 20-year-old woman, came forward after the initial arrest and told MPD investigators Cook also sexually assaulted her in a downtown apartment last February, according to an updated MPD incident report.

"I saw the news story and was empowered by another girl being able to tell what happened to her, that I thought I could now finally tell,” she told a detective, according to the report.

Cook's second arrest has two counts of second-degree sexual assault and one count of third-degree sexual assault.

Cook’s former fraternity, Phi Delta Theta, announced Thursday night they “separated” from him. The UW-Madison chapter’s president, Brett Struthers, confirmed to The Daily Cardinal he was a member of the organization.

There is a status conference for the first sexual assault scheduled for Nov. 7, according to the Wisconsin Circuit Court Access system.

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