New Delhi, Oct. 30 -- MONTICELLO, N.Y. - A state judge pressed New York's lawyers on Thursday over a social media post by Attorney General Letitia James about a Cornell University sexual assault accuser, then asked the man seeking her removal why six other accused men were missing from his challenge. Justice James R. Farrell did not rule.

The Associated Press reported that Farrell gave lawyers for Gillio Lopes until Nov. 5 to address why the six other men named in the woman's civil lawsuit had not joined his petition. James remains special prosecutor of the reopened criminal inquiry while the court considers the matter.

The hearing concerned the prosecutor's appointment, not a determination of the underlying allegations. A former studen...