Brock Turner Still Guilty of Rape, Judge Rules
Brock Turner, the former Stanford University swimmer who served three months for raping a woman in 2015, is clearly having a tough time facing consequences for his actions.
Two years after his sentencing and testy homecoming in Ohio as a registered sex offender, an attorney for Turner argued that he only had “outercourse” and was unfairly convicted of assault with intent to commit rape. On Wednesday, a California judge upheld the conviction and said it was supported by “substantial evidence.”
Turner was caught making thrusting motions on top of a half-naked, unconscious woman by two Swedish graduate students at Stanford University. The case caught international attention when the Buzzfeed published the anonymous woman’s letter to Turner during the trial.
“You don’t know me, but you’ve been inside me, and that’s why we’re here today,” it began. “We can let this destroy us, I can remain angry and hurt and you can be in denial, or we can face it head on, I accept the pain, you accept the punishment, and we move on.”
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