1 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:11,600 Speaker 1: Welcome back to playing dirty sports Scandals. I'm your hosts 2 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:15,440 Speaker 1: and Barista Jay Harris, serving up the juicy scandals you 3 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 1: crave each week. Today's Tale on Tap is one of 4 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 1: the most talked about and controversial cases in recent memory. 5 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 1: The ingredients are promising athlete, a horrific crime, and the 6 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:31,840 Speaker 1: legal outcome that ignited a firestorm of debate across the nation. 7 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 1: Can you guess how badly this blend is going to 8 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:48,000 Speaker 1: go down? Brace yourself because we're diving into the story 9 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: of Brock Turner. Brock Turner was born August first, nineteen 10 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:56,640 Speaker 1: ninety five, in Dayton, Ohio, to Dan and Carlen Turner. 11 00:00:57,160 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 1: His childhood was spent in a comfortable home of Hyatts. 12 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:05,040 Speaker 1: His dad, Dan Turner, is a Civilian Air Force electrical engineer, 13 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 1: and his mom, Carleen, is a registered surgery nurse. The 14 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 1: turn of family emphasized community service, participating in activities for 15 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:18,959 Speaker 1: the Good Samaritan Hospital and the Girl Scouts. Brock was loved, supported, 16 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:22,840 Speaker 1: and raised to be a go getter alongside his older siblings, 17 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 1: Caroline and Scott. At age two, Brock was already demonstrating 18 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 1: unusual talent as a swimmer. By age ten, he wasn't 19 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 1: just turning locals heads into public pools. He was making 20 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:40,080 Speaker 1: headlines in the newspapers and won the Ohio Junior Olympics 21 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:45,440 Speaker 1: before even entering high school. Realizing their son's gift, Dan 22 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:48,960 Speaker 1: and Carlene took Brock to the Dayton Raiders Swim Club, 23 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 1: where he was able to train under coach Kevin Weldon, 24 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 1: one of the most experienced competition swim professionals in the country. 25 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 1: Coach Weldon, who was inducted into the International Swim Coach 26 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 1: Association Hall of Fame in twenty eighteen, worked closely with 27 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 1: Brock to develop his skills. By the time he entered 28 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 1: Oakwood High School, Brock was ready to dominate. With coach 29 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 1: Kevin Weldon's guidance, Brock's high school swim coach, Eric Hortzman, 30 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 1: pushed him to set multiple school records, earned state titles, 31 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:23,240 Speaker 1: and solidify himself as an absolute standout in the two 32 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:26,840 Speaker 1: hundred yard and the five hundred yard freestyle events, often 33 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 1: finishing well ahead of his competitors. These events, which require 34 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: a combination of speed, endurance, and strategy, showcased Brock's versatility 35 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 1: and stamina in the pool, but Brock Turner didn't stop 36 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 1: with freestyle. He also competed in butterfly and backstroke, demonstrating 37 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 1: his unusual versatility and all the round swimming prowess. Given 38 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:55,359 Speaker 1: his strength and competition, it didn't come as a surprise 39 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:58,080 Speaker 1: to Brock's coaches when he earned a spot at the 40 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 1: twenty twelve Olympic Trials, a significant milestone for any athlete, 41 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 1: and even though he didn't make the twenty twelve Olympic team, 42 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 1: his stellar performance at the twenty fourteen Junior National Championships 43 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 1: solidified Brock Turner as a rising star with a strong 44 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 1: probability of qualifying for the next Olympics. Academically, Brock was 45 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 1: also diligent, maintaining strong grades on top of its intense 46 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:28,840 Speaker 1: swimming schedule. Whether crushing his coursework or dominating in the pool, 47 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 1: there was absolutely nothing to indicate that this kid was 48 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 1: heading anywhere other than a highly successful future. Many universities 49 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 1: wanted to be in business with young Brock Turner. What 50 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 1: administrator wouldn't want to welcome a standout student and probable 51 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 1: future olympian to their campus. In twenty fourteen, Stanford University 52 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 1: snagged Brock with a scholarship, enticing him with a spot 53 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 1: on their top ten swim team. Now it's worth taking 54 00:03:57,480 --> 00:04:00,040 Speaker 1: a moment to explore the achievement that it takes to 55 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 1: attend Stanford University on a sports scholarship or otherwise. With 56 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 1: the current admissions rate of just three point six eight percent, 57 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 1: Stanford is known for rigorous academics and elite athletics. Its 58 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 1: students enjoy a sprawling campus in the heart of Silicon Valley, 59 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 1: featuring world class facilities, cutting edge research centers, and an 60 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:26,799 Speaker 1: environment that fosters innovation and excellence. At the time, Stanford's 61 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:29,440 Speaker 1: athletic teams, known as the Cardinal, competed in the PAC 62 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 1: twelve Conference, which was one of the premier collegiate athletic 63 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:36,359 Speaker 1: conferences in the United States. Stanford had consistently been a 64 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:39,839 Speaker 1: powerhouse within the PAC twelve Conference, and in twenty fourteen, 65 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 1: when Brock joined the university swim team, the Cardinal was 66 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:46,120 Speaker 1: on a roll. The men's soccer team won the nc 67 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 1: DOUAA Championship, the women's basketball team made it to the 68 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:53,600 Speaker 1: NCAA Final Four, and the tennis, golf, and volleyball teams 69 00:04:53,680 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 1: had also boasted top tier performances. Swim team was also 70 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 1: holding its own in twenty fourteen, just as it always 71 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:07,919 Speaker 1: had done, from four time Olympic gold medalist Janet Evans 72 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 1: to three time Olympic gold medalist Pablo Morales to Jenny 73 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 1: Thompson with her twelve Olympic medals and Katie Ledecki, the 74 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:19,039 Speaker 1: most decorated US female Olympian of all time as of 75 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 1: this recording. Swimming with Stanford was reserved for the Crem 76 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 1: Dela crem Under the guidance of Stanford's head swim coach 77 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:29,720 Speaker 1: Ted Knapp, who had been with the program for over 78 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:34,400 Speaker 1: two decades, Brock quickly advanced his already strong skills in 79 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 1: the pool. He competed in major collegiate meets, consistently posting 80 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:43,880 Speaker 1: impressive times and contributing to the Stanford Cardinals' success. Brock 81 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:46,839 Speaker 1: continued to specialize in the two hundred and five hundred 82 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 1: yard freestyle events, but his abilities had evolved to include 83 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:53,920 Speaker 1: excellence in the sixteen hundred and fifty yard freestyle, a 84 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 1: grueling long distance event that tests a swimmer's endurance. His 85 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 1: rapid progression and remarkable talent put him on the radar 86 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:05,839 Speaker 1: for national titles. Brock was viewed as a strong contender 87 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 1: for the NCAA Championships and recognized as one of the 88 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:12,360 Speaker 1: top freshmen in the Pact twelve. There was no doubt 89 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 1: about it. Brock Turner was turning into one of the 90 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:19,279 Speaker 1: greats at Stanford, holding his own in exceptionally good company. 91 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 1: But as we've seen time and again on playing Dirty, 92 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:28,280 Speaker 1: sometimes good company can be a breeding ground for bad circumstances. 93 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 1: After all, the legacy of excellence at Stanford created an 94 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:37,840 Speaker 1: environment of intense competition and oftentimes painfully high expectations. And 95 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:40,719 Speaker 1: what do most college students do to burn off some 96 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 1: steam when they're feeling overwhelmed. They party. On January seventeenth, 97 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 1: twenty fifteen, Stanford University was a buzz with the typical 98 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 1: energy of a Saturday night, and brock Turner was on 99 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:01,440 Speaker 1: the prow. Students were gathering on all over campus for parties, 100 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:04,600 Speaker 1: ready to let loose after a week of classes and, 101 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 1: in Brock's case, a grueling athletics schedule. Among these gatherings 102 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 1: was a fraternity party at the Kappa Alpha fraternity house 103 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:17,400 Speaker 1: on the southwestern edge of Stanford's Palo Alto campus. Brock 104 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:22,000 Speaker 1: decided to attend. The Kappa Alpha party was wild and 105 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:26,080 Speaker 1: with the fraternity's open motto, God and the Ladies. It's 106 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 1: hardly any wonder that sexual activity was on many attendees' mines. 107 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 1: It was certainly on brock Turner's mind that night as 108 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 1: he met two sisters, Tiffany and Chanelle Miller. Janelle, who 109 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 1: was the older of the two sisters, hadn't planned to 110 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 1: go out that night at all. At twenty two years old, 111 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 1: she had recently graduated from the University of California at 112 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 1: Santa Barbara and had a serious boyfriend in Philadelphia. Hitting 113 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:55,240 Speaker 1: up a Stanford frat party wasn't her top choice, but 114 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 1: as her younger sister Tiffany prepared to go out, Janelle 115 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 1: decided to tag along for her safety. Chanelle would later 116 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 1: remember that on the way to the party, I joked 117 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:09,840 Speaker 1: that undergrad guys would have braces. My sister Tiffany teased 118 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:12,400 Speaker 1: me for wearing a beige cardigan to a frat party 119 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 1: like a librarian. I called myself big Mama because I 120 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:19,680 Speaker 1: knew I'd be the oldest one there. And so Chanelle 121 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:23,239 Speaker 1: and Tiffany found themselves at the same raging Kappa Alpha 122 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:27,840 Speaker 1: fraternity party as brock Turner. On that fateful January seventeenth. 123 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 1: In twenty fifteen, Brock was apparently being aggressive with several women, 124 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:35,920 Speaker 1: and it was later reported that he tried to kiss 125 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:39,120 Speaker 1: Chanelle's younger sister, Tiffany before turning his sights on her. 126 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 1: According to Chanell, I made silly faces, let my guard down, 127 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 1: and drank liquor too fast at the party, not factoring 128 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 1: in that my tolerance has significantly lowered since college. Drinking 129 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:55,880 Speaker 1: too fast is the last thing that Chanelle remembers of 130 00:08:55,960 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 1: the party. Rock Turner remembers that his party with Chanel 131 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 1: went on. He would later say that Chanelle never seemed 132 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 1: too intoxicated to understand what was going on, and that 133 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:11,520 Speaker 1: when he asked her whether she would like to go 134 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:15,959 Speaker 1: back to his dorm around midnight, she said yes. Brock 135 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:18,560 Speaker 1: says they held hands as they left the party, and 136 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 1: that when she slipped, they both fell down. Once on 137 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:25,880 Speaker 1: the ground, Brock claims they started kissing near a dumpster. 138 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:30,000 Speaker 1: Now it's important to keep in mind that this is 139 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:33,720 Speaker 1: Brock Turner's account of what happened next, as Chanelle Miller 140 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:37,560 Speaker 1: has no recollection of this time. According to Brock, they're 141 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 1: kissing escalated, and he asked whether he could touch her genitals. 142 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 1: Brock says that Chanell provided consent and that when he 143 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:49,840 Speaker 1: asked her if she liked it, she replied, uh huh. 144 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 1: At this point, Brock's account is that they started dry 145 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:56,480 Speaker 1: humping until he started to feel sick from the seven 146 00:09:56,520 --> 00:10:00,480 Speaker 1: beers and two SIPs of whiskey he consumed. Jock says 147 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 1: he stumbled away from Chanelle thinking he was going to 148 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:06,360 Speaker 1: be sick, but instead of wretching, Brock came face to 149 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:14,320 Speaker 1: face with Peter Johnson. Now, while we don't have Chanelle's 150 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 1: account of what happened since she blacked out, we do 151 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 1: know that two Swedish graduate students, Peter Johnson and Carl 152 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:25,319 Speaker 1: Frederick Aren't, were concerned enough by what they saw Brock 153 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:28,800 Speaker 1: Turner doing near the dumpster to stop their bikes and 154 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 1: confront him, as they would later tell the Swedish news 155 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:37,000 Speaker 1: outlet Express, and they immediately knew something was wrong. We 156 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:40,040 Speaker 1: saw that the female was not moving while he was 157 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:44,040 Speaker 1: moving a lot, Carl Frederick Aren't said, so we stopped 158 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:48,679 Speaker 1: and thought this is very strange, very strange. Indeed, even 159 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:52,679 Speaker 1: stranger was that after exchanging just a few words, Brock 160 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:56,120 Speaker 1: suddenly turned to run away, from Peter and Carl Frederick. 161 00:10:57,040 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 1: Now certain that they were privy to a crime and 162 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:03,960 Speaker 1: not a consensual rendezvous, Peter Johnson chased after Brock and 163 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:07,240 Speaker 1: managed to catch up with him, tackling him to the ground. 164 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:11,000 Speaker 1: While they waited for the police to arrive. Carl Frederick 165 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:14,920 Speaker 1: aren't checked on Chanelle's condition. I was right by her face, 166 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:17,920 Speaker 1: Carl Frederick remembered. She was lying on her back with 167 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 1: her hands to the side. She was breathing, Her dress 168 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:25,400 Speaker 1: was pulled up and her legs were spread apart. There 169 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:30,400 Speaker 1: was no response at all. She lay perfectly still. Meanwhile, Peter, 170 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 1: who still had Brock pinned, was horrified that the assailant 171 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:38,720 Speaker 1: wasn't taking the situation seriously. Peter later said, I noticed 172 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:42,240 Speaker 1: that Brock was smiling, so I said, why are you smiling? 173 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:45,280 Speaker 1: Stop smiling? What are you doing? Why would you smile? 174 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 1: She's unconscious. Officers from the Stanford Department of Public Safety 175 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 1: were soon on the scene, trying without success to revive Chanelle. Meanwhile, 176 00:11:56,800 --> 00:12:00,240 Speaker 1: officers who were not directly involved with Chanelle's care took 177 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:04,600 Speaker 1: statements from Peter Johnson and called Frederick Arndt. Peter broke 178 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:08,120 Speaker 1: down in tears recounting the incident to authorities, saying it 179 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:13,000 Speaker 1: was a very disturbing event to witness. The ambulance arrived 180 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:15,960 Speaker 1: and Chanell Miller was rushed to the hospital for examination 181 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 1: and treatment. Deputy Sheriff Jeffrey Paul Taylor, the first officer 182 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:23,719 Speaker 1: on the scene, noted that when Chanelle was removed from 183 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:27,160 Speaker 1: the ambulance at Valley Medical Center, her hair was full 184 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:30,360 Speaker 1: of pine needles, so many that they made a trail 185 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:33,120 Speaker 1: on the emergency room floor. As she was taken from 186 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:37,600 Speaker 1: the ambulance to the hospital gurney. At the hospital, Deputy 187 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:41,240 Speaker 1: Taylor shook her shoulders repeatedly trying to wake her. He 188 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:44,040 Speaker 1: shouted to her in a loud voice, please wake up. 189 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 1: Can you help me understand who you are? Despite his efforts, 190 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 1: Chanell Miller remained unresponsive. Both Chanelle Miller and Rock Turner 191 00:12:57,280 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 1: were tested at the hospital for blood alcohol content. Rock's 192 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 1: level was estimated to have been zero point one seven 193 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 1: to one percent at one am, which was twice the 194 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:13,120 Speaker 1: legal driving limit. Chanelle's blood alcohol concentration, measured several hours 195 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:17,319 Speaker 1: after the assault was point one two percent, that's more 196 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:23,080 Speaker 1: than three times the legal limit. Doctors approximated her intoxication 197 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:26,440 Speaker 1: level at one am, the estimated time of the assault 198 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:31,280 Speaker 1: to have been around point two two percent. According to 199 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:36,440 Speaker 1: Treehouse Recovery PDX, once an individual approaches or passes point 200 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:42,200 Speaker 1: two zero percent, they are at high risk for serious injury, choking, coma, 201 00:13:42,679 --> 00:13:47,079 Speaker 1: or death. Between point two zero percent and point two 202 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:50,959 Speaker 1: five percent, the ability to normally function in mind or 203 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:59,600 Speaker 1: body is completely gone. Chanelle Miller finally regained consciousness at 204 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:05,000 Speaker 1: four fteve fifteen am on January eighteenth, twenty fifteen. Deputy 205 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:08,520 Speaker 1: tailor and a Stanford administrator approached her and explained that 206 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:11,720 Speaker 1: she was suspected to be a victim of a sexual assault. 207 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:14,640 Speaker 1: Chanelle did not seem aware of what had happened at all. 208 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:18,320 Speaker 1: She would later describe the harrowing experience of waking up 209 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:22,200 Speaker 1: in the hospital, saying, I had dried blood and bandages 210 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:24,920 Speaker 1: on the backs of my hands and elbow. I thought 211 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:27,240 Speaker 1: maybe I had fallen and was in an admin office 212 00:14:27,280 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 1: on campus. I was very calm and wondering where my 213 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:34,960 Speaker 1: sister was. A deputy explained I had been assaulted. I 214 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:38,480 Speaker 1: still remained calm, assured he was speaking to the wrong person. 215 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:42,240 Speaker 1: I knew no one at this party. I was asked 216 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:44,960 Speaker 1: to sign papers that said rape victim, and I thought 217 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:48,240 Speaker 1: something has really happened. I wanted to take off my 218 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:50,800 Speaker 1: body like a jacket and leave it at the hospital 219 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:55,320 Speaker 1: with everything else. Chanelle confirmed for the police that she 220 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:57,640 Speaker 1: did not recall being alone with a man during the 221 00:14:57,720 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 1: night and that she did not consent to any sexual activity. 222 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:05,920 Speaker 1: With lack of consent established, a sexual assault response team. 223 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:09,320 Speaker 1: Nurse examined Chanell and reported that she had abrasions on 224 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 1: her chest, shoulder, buttocks, mid and upper back, and a 225 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:18,040 Speaker 1: small abrasion to her genitals. The nurse determined that Chanell 226 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 1: Miller had experienced significant trauma, including physical injury and penetration trauma. 227 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:29,760 Speaker 1: Officers immediately took Brock Turner into custody and transported him 228 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:34,040 Speaker 1: to the Santa Clara County, Maine jail. Brock initially denied 229 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:37,320 Speaker 1: everything to the police, insisting that his encounter with Chanell 230 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:42,240 Speaker 1: had been consensual, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Most 231 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 1: damning were the statements from Peter Johnson and Carl Frederick Arndt, 232 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:50,280 Speaker 1: as they had witnessed Brock actively assaulting Chanel while she 233 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:54,480 Speaker 1: was unconscious. The physical evidence collected from Chanell at Valley 234 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:59,360 Speaker 1: Medical Center was also conclusive. Brock Turner, who had been 235 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:02,760 Speaker 1: a rising star less than forty eight hours earlier, was 236 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:06,480 Speaker 1: now charged with five felon accounts, including rape of an 237 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:11,080 Speaker 1: unconscious person, sexual penetration with a foreign object of an 238 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:15,240 Speaker 1: unconscious person, and sexual penetration with a foreign object of 239 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:19,480 Speaker 1: an intoxicated person. The severity of the charges underscored the 240 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:23,080 Speaker 1: seriousness of his crime. Bail was set at one hundred 241 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:26,960 Speaker 1: and fifty thousand dollars and Brock was released to await trial. 242 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:35,640 Speaker 1: Word of brock Turner's inconceivable assault on Chanelle quickly spread 243 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 1: through the Stanford community and beyond. He immediately withdrew from 244 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:44,360 Speaker 1: Stanford rather than faced disciplinary proceedings, and on January twentieth, 245 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:48,440 Speaker 1: twenty fifteen, Stanford announced that Brock was banned from campus 246 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 1: per the Stanford Report. The school publicized that Stanford has 247 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:57,280 Speaker 1: conducted an investigation and banned brock Turner from setting foot 248 00:16:57,280 --> 00:17:00,800 Speaker 1: on campus as a student or otherwise. This is the 249 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:04,439 Speaker 1: harshest sanction that a university can impose on a student, 250 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:10,200 Speaker 1: with his bright future swiftly extinguished by his own terrible actions. 251 00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:15,400 Speaker 1: Brock Turner returned home to a stunned family in Dayton, Ohio. 252 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:18,520 Speaker 1: His older sister, Caroline would later describe the few days 253 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:22,000 Speaker 1: after Brock's release on bail, writing that she watched her 254 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:25,600 Speaker 1: brother become a shell of his former self and that 255 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:33,240 Speaker 1: he was suffering immensely and couldn't sleep alone. But however 256 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:37,040 Speaker 1: endearing those words may sound coming from a doting sister, 257 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 1: it's hard to forget, even for a second, that Chanelle 258 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:44,480 Speaker 1: Miller has a sister too, a sister named Tiffany, who, 259 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:46,800 Speaker 1: when she picked Chanelle up at the hospital in the 260 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:51,000 Speaker 1: morning of January eighteenth, twenty fifteen, had a face wet 261 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:55,199 Speaker 1: from tears and contorted in anguish. As Brock Turner was 262 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:58,480 Speaker 1: being taken into custody and then promptly released on bail. 263 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:01,200 Speaker 1: The hours and days after to the attack for Chanelle 264 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:05,440 Speaker 1: Miller were unbearable. In a letter Chanelle later penned, which 265 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:10,080 Speaker 1: was published by BuzzFeed as well as many other international publications, 266 00:18:10,240 --> 00:18:13,120 Speaker 1: she wrote, I tried to push what had happened out 267 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:16,280 Speaker 1: of my mind, but it was so heavy. I didn't talk, 268 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:20,680 Speaker 1: I didn't eat, I didn't sleep, I didn't interact with anyone. 269 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:24,480 Speaker 1: After work, I would drive to a secluded place to scream. 270 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:28,160 Speaker 1: I didn't interact with anyone, and I became isolated from 271 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:31,200 Speaker 1: the ones I loved most. For over a week after 272 00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:34,320 Speaker 1: the incident, I didn't get any calls or updates about 273 00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:37,600 Speaker 1: that night or what happened to me. The only symbol 274 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:40,320 Speaker 1: that proved that it hadn't been just a bad dream 275 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:44,320 Speaker 1: was the sweatshirt from the hospital in my drawer. Then 276 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:46,840 Speaker 1: one day I was at work scrolling through the news 277 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:50,480 Speaker 1: on my phone and came across an article. In it 278 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:53,720 Speaker 1: I read and learned for the first time about how 279 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:57,359 Speaker 1: I was found unconscious. This was how I learned the 280 00:18:57,440 --> 00:19:00,480 Speaker 1: details of what happened to me. Sitting at my desk 281 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:04,040 Speaker 1: reading the news at work, I learned what happened to 282 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:06,280 Speaker 1: me at the same time everyone else in the world 283 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:09,719 Speaker 1: learned what happened to me. And then, at the bottom 284 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:13,200 Speaker 1: of the article, after I learned about the graphic details 285 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:18,600 Speaker 1: of my own sexual assault, the article listed Brock's swimming times. 286 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:23,960 Speaker 1: How infuriating. Chanelle says that at this point she thought, 287 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:27,720 Speaker 1: I'm good at cooking. Put that in the article. I 288 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:30,640 Speaker 1: think the end is where you list your extra curriculars 289 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:34,280 Speaker 1: to cancel out all the sickening things that have happened, Hugh, 290 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:39,160 Speaker 1: But despite some flippant news coverage, there was nothing half 291 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:43,720 Speaker 1: hearted about the prosecution's determination to realize justice for Chanel. 292 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:48,840 Speaker 1: While the rape charges were dropped against brock Turner at 293 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:52,679 Speaker 1: a preliminary hearing on October seventh, twenty fifteen, after DNA 294 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:57,840 Speaker 1: testing revealed no evidence of penal penetration, lead prosecutor Alilai 295 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:01,720 Speaker 1: Keian air Seat still had a evidence to seek conviction 296 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:06,800 Speaker 1: on three remaining felon accounts sexual penetration of an unconscious person, 297 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:11,840 Speaker 1: sexual penetration of an intoxicated person, and assault with intent 298 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:16,359 Speaker 1: to commit rate of an unconscious person. These charges carried 299 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:20,840 Speaker 1: significant potential prison time. Each count of sexual penetration could 300 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:23,920 Speaker 1: result in up to eight years in state prison, while 301 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:26,920 Speaker 1: the assault with intent to commit rape could add another 302 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:31,200 Speaker 1: four years. Altogether, brock Turner faced a maximum sentence of 303 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:38,120 Speaker 1: up to twenty years in prison. Brock's defense team, led 304 00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 1: by attorney Mike Armstrong, aimed to portray the incident as 305 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:46,359 Speaker 1: a consensual encounter gone wrong. Given the stakes, attorney Armstrong 306 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:49,919 Speaker 1: knew he had to sell this less damning narrative effectively 307 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:53,520 Speaker 1: to keep his client from becoming middle aged behind bars 308 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 1: and The obvious strategy to sell this version of events 309 00:20:57,520 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 1: was to lean on the fact that both brock And 310 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:04,159 Speaker 1: and Chanell were intoxicated, and that, given her lack of memory, 311 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:06,920 Speaker 1: there was no way she could prove that she hadn't 312 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:12,000 Speaker 1: willingly participated in the sexual activity. As reported by Mike 313 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:17,119 Speaker 1: dot com, defense attorney Mike Armstrong aggressively asked Chanell Miller 314 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:22,000 Speaker 1: about her height, her weight, her dinner, and he embarked 315 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:24,480 Speaker 1: upon a line of questioning that would seem to suggest 316 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:28,679 Speaker 1: she had it coming. When you drank the quantity of 317 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 1: vodka in the red cup, Attorney Armstrong press, Chanel, you 318 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:36,760 Speaker 1: drank it all down at once. Right after she replied 319 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 1: that she had, the defense attorney continued to drive the 320 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:44,119 Speaker 1: point home, saying, like chugged it and that was a 321 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:48,200 Speaker 1: decision you made right. The defense would attempt to undermine 322 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:51,680 Speaker 1: Chanell's credibility throughout the trial proceedings by highlighting her high 323 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:55,800 Speaker 1: level of intoxication and questioning her ability to recall the 324 00:21:55,840 --> 00:22:00,399 Speaker 1: events at all, much less accurately enough to convict of 325 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:08,520 Speaker 1: serious sexual assault. Most concerning to prosecutor A. La le 326 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:12,920 Speaker 1: Keyanairsi per Santa Clara Magazine, was that the defense had 327 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:17,240 Speaker 1: Kim Frami, a clinical psychology professor at the University of 328 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:21,040 Speaker 1: Texas at Austin, testify as an expert witness on behalf 329 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:24,879 Speaker 1: of Brock Turner. Kim Frami conducted research that she believes 330 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:30,720 Speaker 1: shows intoxicated people aren't consent impaired, but memory impaired. This 331 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:34,160 Speaker 1: was an unfortunate reminder of the obstacles victims face when 332 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:37,240 Speaker 1: they attempt to bring their attackers to justice. For prosecutor 333 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:40,920 Speaker 1: Key and Airs, who seemed incredulous that kim Frami would 334 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:44,320 Speaker 1: testify on Brock's behalf as a professor at a university 335 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 1: that has young adults who were greatly affected by these 336 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:50,480 Speaker 1: types of cases. But even though the defense team was 337 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:55,639 Speaker 1: aggressive and exhaustive, the prosecution and Chanell herself refused to 338 00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:59,160 Speaker 1: give an inch. In fact, Chanelle would later stand up 339 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:02,280 Speaker 1: in court and bravely addressed this line of attack in 340 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:07,000 Speaker 1: her statement, looking directly at Brock, Chanelle would say, alcohol 341 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:10,560 Speaker 1: was not the one who stripped me, fingered me, had 342 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 1: my head dragging against the ground with me almost fully naked. 343 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:17,439 Speaker 1: We were both drunk. The difference is I did not 344 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:21,199 Speaker 1: take off your pants and underwear, touch you inappropriately and 345 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:28,240 Speaker 1: run away. Chanelle and the prosecution were determined for the 346 00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:31,840 Speaker 1: defense not to succeed in presenting brock Turner as a 347 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:34,800 Speaker 1: young man who made a regrettable mistake under the influence 348 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:39,440 Speaker 1: of alcohol. Being young, fresh faced, and a talented athlete 349 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:44,560 Speaker 1: does not excuse intentional sexual criminality. In fact, as the 350 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:48,880 Speaker 1: brock Turner trial reverberated across the country, more and more 351 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:52,159 Speaker 1: women reached out to Professor A la Le Keanersie with 352 00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:55,639 Speaker 1: notes for Chanelle, insisting that her fight for justice was 353 00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 1: so powerful precisely because brock Turner is the face of 354 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:04,480 Speaker 1: campus sexual assault. Prosecutor Keian Arsi drove this point home 355 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:07,639 Speaker 1: in court, saying, brock Turner may not look like a 356 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:11,200 Speaker 1: typical rapist, but the fact of the matter is, despite 357 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:13,680 Speaker 1: the fact that he comes from a good family, despite 358 00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:16,240 Speaker 1: the fact that he went to an elite school, despite 359 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:18,720 Speaker 1: the fact that he was a star swimmer, he is 360 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:23,919 Speaker 1: the typical, quintessential face of campus sexual assault. This is 361 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:28,240 Speaker 1: an important point and one that's worth reflecting upon. Everyone 362 00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:31,600 Speaker 1: who has a sister, a daughter, a female friend should 363 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:35,120 Speaker 1: care deeply about the way in which campus sexual violence 364 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:39,800 Speaker 1: is treated. Has society normalized campus crimes against women with 365 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:43,120 Speaker 1: the age old mantra boys will be boys. The stats 366 00:24:43,119 --> 00:24:47,240 Speaker 1: certainly paint a grim picture, with an American Psychological Association 367 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:51,240 Speaker 1: study reporting that campus sexual assault makes up a staggering 368 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:54,919 Speaker 1: forty three percent of total on campus crimes in the 369 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:58,320 Speaker 1: US and that up to twenty five percent of all 370 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:03,280 Speaker 1: female college students are victims of campus sexual assault. Let 371 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:08,240 Speaker 1: that sink in. As courtroom tensions heated up, the brock 372 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:12,359 Speaker 1: Turner's story was just getting started, with fresh information still 373 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:15,840 Speaker 1: to be dished out about the swim star's dark side. 374 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:19,119 Speaker 1: Join me Jay Harris to uncover all the dirt, to 375 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:21,920 Speaker 1: find out how the trial played out, and to explore 376 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:25,560 Speaker 1: how the brock Turner scandal continues to resonate on next 377 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:37,840 Speaker 1: week's episode of Playing Dirty Sports Scandals. Playing Dirty Sports 378 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:42,280 Speaker 1: Scandals is a production of Dan Patrick Productions, Never Ever Productions, 379 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:46,720 Speaker 1: and Workhouse Media from executive producers Dan Patrick, Paul Anderson, 380 00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:51,640 Speaker 1: Nick Panella, Maya Glickman, and Jennifer Clary, Hosted by Jay Harris, 381 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:55,920 Speaker 1: Written and produced by Jen Brown, Francy Haiks, Maya Glickman, 382 00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:57,080 Speaker 1: and Jennifer Clay.