![]() ![]() “Now, my choices to defer college to write and play music, to finally introduce 10 years of hard work to a national audience while working consistently and intentionally on my own personal and professional integrity, has led to an uproar of judgement and hatred unleashed on me, my band and my family,” she said. Newly released documents from the Santa Clara County Superior Court and the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office suggest that Brock Turner, the former Stanford. She then went on to explain how her witness statement has affected her. I don’t condone, support, or sympathize with the offense or the offender,” I realize that this crime caused enormous pain for the victim. “I know that Brock Turner was tried and rightfully convicted of sexual assault. In her post, she said she did not support Turner’s actions. Student arrests, violence, injuries, and sexual assaults occur with some regularity, and I have often wondered why this culture continues to thrive seemingly unquestioned and unchecked,” added Rasmussen. “Additionally, I have grown up and currently reside in a university town that is affected every year by the tragic consequences resulting from undergraduate students’ excessive enthusiasm for binge drinking. ![]() I have watched friends, acquaintances, and complete strangers transform before my eyes over the course of sometimes very short periods of time, into people I could barely recognize as a result of alcohol overconsumption,” she said. “I have had the unique opportunity to observe over 10 years of public American drinking culture and the problems that invariably arise through alcohol misuse. In her letter to the judge, she blamed alcohol and the party culture on campuses for Turner’s actions. Rasmussen wrote character statements for Turner along with at 39 others for the case. The initial rape charges were dropped in October 2015. The former swimmer must register for life as a sex offender after being convicted of three felony counts of assault and attempted rape. Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky, following the recommendation of the county’s probation department, sentenced Turner to 6 months in jail and 3 years probation on June 2. They called the authorities and Turner was arrested that night. Two PhD students who were riding their bikes found Turner assaulting the woman and intervened. Turner, then-19, sexually assaulted a woman after a party on campus on Jan. I am 20 years old, and it has never been more clear to me that I still have much to learn,” she said. ![]() I can only say that I am committed to learning from this mistake. ![]() “I fully understand the outrage over Brock’s sentencing and my statement. Schulz to say her client was interested in writing a book.“I did not acknowledge strongly enough the severity of Brock’s crime and the suffering and pain that his victim endured, and for that lack of acknowledgement, I am deeply sorry,” said Rasmussen, 20, in a post on Facebook. Soon after, Philippa Brophy, a literary agent who represents Ms. “I just remember being in my kitchen and reading this incredible, riveting piece of work,” Andrea Schulz, the editor in chief of Viking, the book’s publisher, said about reading the victim impact statement in the summer of 2016. Judge Persky’s ruling drew criticism from those who viewed it as too lenient, and he was recalled by voters in 2018. Turner to six months in county jail, of which he served three. But the presiding judge, Aaron Persky, sentenced Mr. Turner, then 20, was found guilty of three counts of felony sexual assault, for which the maximum sentence was 14 years. Miller’s case made headlines after BuzzFeed published the statement she read at the sentencing hearing for Brock Turner, the Stanford student convicted of the assault. Peter Jonssons (the man who actually chased down and tackled Turner after the assault) witness statement paints a harrowing picture of the events. For four years, the woman whose Stanford University sexual assault case caused a public outcry, has been known only as “Emily Doe.” In her new memoir, “Know My Name,” which charts her life since then, she reveals her real name: Chanel Miller. ![]()
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