Thank god these cyclist were there and intervened. My heart breaks for this woman and what she went and still is going through. Hopefully justice will be swift considering the eyewitnesses.
The article
A former Stanford swimmer is accused of publically raping an unconscious woman on campus.
Brock Allen Turner, 19, was charged Wednesday with five felonies, a spokesman for the Santa Clara district attorney's office tells PEOPLE.
He faces one count of rape of an intoxicated person, one count of rape of a victim unconscious of the nature of the act, one count of sexual penetration when the victim was intoxicated or anesthetized, one count of sexual penetration where the victim was unconscious of the nature of the act and one count of assault with intent to commit felony. The alleged attack took place just after midnight Sunday. Two bikers came across the unconscious woman with a man on top of her. He ran away, but the bikers chased him down, restraining him until police arrived, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
"She was lying on the ground unconscious, not moving," prosecutor Alaleh Kianerci said Tuesday, according to the Chronicle. The woman, who is not a student at the school, was taken to the hospital and is recovering.
Kianerci said Turner met the woman at an on-campus party, according to the San Jose Mercury News. He allegedly assaulted her outside while she was intoxicated and unconscious.
The prosecutor went on to praise the two bikers for stopping because what they saw "shocked their conscience," the Mercury News writes.
Turner voluntarily withdrew from Stanford on Tuesday following his arrest, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Stanford spokeswoman Lisa Lapin told the Times that Turner is "not allowed to re-register for classes and is barred from setting foot on campus."
Turner, a freshman from Ohio, held state records in two freestyle events and was a three-time All-American high school swimmer.
"Turner is "not allowed to re-register for classes and is barred from setting foot on campus." You think? That should be the LEAST of this kid's issues. I'd love to see the athletic department issue a statement on this as well.
Post by borinquen57 on Jan 28, 2015 14:48:16 GMT -5
So because she's lying there, he thinks, "Hey, why not help myself?!" WTF is wrong with people that this is even something you'd think about instead of helping her out?!
Someone the Stanford Daily newspaper wrote this....
"There are two sides to every story. I'll reserve judgement until I hear what his defense is. That said, the initial facts don't bode well at all for this kid."
What defense??? He was raping a woman in public and was chased down and caught.
"Turner is "not allowed to re-register for classes and is barred from setting foot on campus." You think? That should be the LEAST of this kid's issues. I'd love to see the athletic department issue a statement on this as well.
They probably don't see it as an athletic issue. I mean, let's say he's a biology major. Do you expect the Bio department to make a statement? Now if he met this woman at a swimmer party or lured her outside by telling her he was a hot shot swimmer...
But the only thing this really has to do with the swimming program is that he's a slightly more visible representative if the school because of his sports participation.
Yet here's an athlete, acting like a complete asshole.
I think this shows a disconnect that should be addressed. Athletes are held to a different standard in a lot of ways, right or wrong. I'm having a hard time putting in to words why I feel like they SHOULD make a statement - mostly, I'm circling around "Scholarship athlete, representative of the university, etc." and thinking the AD should come out and say "We don't condone this behavior, at all."
Different than a biology major, because is the bio major used like the athlete as a representative of the university? Probably not.
But in my perfect world, any student who committed a rape would be called out, and their academic department, dorm, adviser, whoever, would make a statement. But no, Cleary Act, let's just ignore the whole problem!!! (Sorry for that small tangent.)
I disagree that the athletic department should necessarily make a statement. I mean, kid will lose his scholarship and get kicked off the team because he will lose his eligibility, but unless additional facts come to light like those I noted above, I'm not sure this is something worthy of a press release from the AD. Now if this was a team wide rape culture slash hazing thing then yes absolutely. But I don't think there's anything to suggest this is a swimming issue per se. A statement from the AD would make it seem like it is.
"Not gonna lie; I kind of keep expecting you to post one day that you threw down on someone who clearly had no idea that today was NOT THEIR DAY." ~dontcallmeshirley
I disagree that the athletic department should necessarily make a statement. I mean, kid will lose his scholarship and get kicked off the team because he will lose his eligibility, but unless additional facts come to light like those I noted above, I'm not sure this is something worthy of a press release from the AD. Now if this was a team wide rape culture slash hazing thing then yes absolutely. But I don't think there's anything to suggest this is a swimming issue per se. A statement from the AD would make it seem like it is.
Do athletes sign a code of conduct?
We did at my university (D1). I don't know about other universities.
Yes, but I cannot remember what was in it. And so much of what you can and can't do is proscribed by the NCAA, I can't even begin to guess what would have been on the university's own code of conduct form.
I'm going to take a wild guess and say that raping an unconscious woman breaks the code of conduct.
I'm going to take a wild guess and say that raping an unconscious woman breaks the code of conduct.
I am certain that committing a crime breaks the code of conduct. I'm not sure whether crime was on the university form or the NCAA form or both. I'm also not sure what your point is.
Ah ok. The way I was reading your post last night, it seemed like you were saying you couldn't remember what was on the code of conduct or begin to imagine what would be on the code of conduct form - so maybe he didn't break it. I was obviously perplexed by my reading of your post.
Post by gretchenindisguise on Jan 29, 2015 15:37:51 GMT -5
I was a collegiate swimmer too. It's not typical of my experience either, but I actually would expect them to make a statement, if for nothing else than a way to distance themselves from it. The act wasn't related to his capacity as an athlete, but the headlines sure are making the public aware that he was a Stanford swimmer.
I was a collegiate swimmer too. It's not typical of my experience either, but I actually would expect them to make a statement, if for nothing else than a way to distance themselves from it. The act wasn't related to his capacity as an athlete, but the headlines sure are making the public aware that he was a Stanford swimmer.
Should the fraternity he was partying at make a statement? Undoubtedly, he was drunk, too. And under age...