Millions were
outraged when Brock Turner, 20, was jailed for six months for three counts of
sexual assault - but he's now a free man after serving half his sentence
A former Stanford
University swimmer jailed for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman behind a
bin has been freed after just three months.
Millions slammed the
sentence handed down to Olympic swimming hopeful Brock Turner when he was
jailed for six months in March.
But now the
20-year-old is believed to have headed back to his home town after being
released from Santa Clara County Main Jail in San Jose on Friday.
He is expected to
return to his family’s home in Sugarcreek Township, southeast of Dayton, where
he will spend three years on probation.
Pervert Turner was
convicted of three counts of sexual assault after assaulting an unconscious and
intoxicated woman in January 2015, during a fraternity house party on campus.
Two cyclists stopped
the Olympic swimming hopeful, who was assaulting the partially-clothed woman
behind a dumpster.
He was convicted in
March of three felony counts: assault with intent to commit rape of an
intoxicated woman, sexually penetrating an intoxicated person with a foreign
object and sexually penetrating an unconscious person with a foreign object.
At the time Santa
Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky spoke of Turner's character,
lack of criminal history and remorse when he decided against the heavier
penalty of six years in state prison that was requested by prosecutors -
outraging millions.
Turner’s father
characterised the assault as “20 minutes of action” in a letter to the judge
submitted before sentencing, which sparked further public outcry.
Despite the huge
worldwide publicity surrounding the case many of Turner's neighbours in his
family's quiet neighbourhood were not familiar with the case - despite a number
of protests being staged outside the family home.
One protester Lessa
Leigh of Cincinnati, who took part in a demonstration outside the family home
in June, told the Daily Beast:
"Given the severity of the crime and the absolute callousness of the
entire family’s response, we felt that protesting the family was
appropriate" - referring in part to the line from Turner’s father’s
letter.
Following his
sentence, his victim told BuzzFeed News she
was angry that Turner’s sentence was so “gentle”.
She added:
"Even if the sentence is light, hopefully this will wake people up.
"I want the
judge to know that he ignited a tiny fire."
In a letter read out
in court to Turner, the woman described how she went out to a party, let her
guard down, got drunk and was found behind a dumpster.
urner's victim has
since spoken of the horror she felt after waking up in hospital and being
forced to undergo intrusive forensic examinations
In it she speaks of
the horror she felt after waking up in hospital and being forced to undergo
intrusive forensic examinations.
The letter begins:
"You don’t know me, but you’ve been inside me, and that’s why we’re here
today..."
After waking up in
hospital she said: "All that I was told was that I had been found behind a
dumpster, potentially penetrated by a stranger, and that I should get retested
for HIV because results don’t always show up immediately.
Turner, 20, is
expected to be heading back to his home town of Sugarcreek Township
She later said:
"He admitted to kissing other girls at that party, one of whom was my own
sister who pushed him away. He admitted to wanting to hook up with someone.
"I was the
wounded antelope of the herd, completely alone and vulnerable, physically
unable to fend for myself, and he chose me.
"Sometimes I
think, if I hadn’t gone, then this never would’ve happened. But then I
realized, it would have happened, just to somebody else."
The outrage over
Turner's light sentence prompted California lawmakers on Monday to approve a
bill that would make prison time mandatory for anyone found guilty of sexually
assaulting an unconscious person.
SOURCE: Mirror.co.uk
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