“At the bottom of the article, after I learned about the graphic details of my own sexual assault, the article listed his swimming times. She was found breathing, unresponsive with her underwear six inches away from her bare stomach curled in fetal position. By the way, he’s really good at swimming.…”— Anonymous, mercurynews.comTagged: Stanford Victim, Brock Turner, Sexual Assault
“One day, I was at work, scrolling through the news on my phone, and came across an article. In it, I read and learned for the first time about how I was found unconscious, with my hair disheveled, long necklace wrapped around my neck, bra pulled out of my dress, dress pulled off over my shoulders an…”— Anonymous, mercurynews.comTagged: Sexual Assault, Stanford Victim, Brock Turner
“My boyfriend did not know what happened, but called that day and said, ‘I was really worried about you last night, you scared me, did you make it home okay?’ I was horrified. That’s when I learned I had called him that night in my blackout, left an incomprehensible voicemail, that we had also spoken…”— Anonymous, mercurynews.comTagged: Sexual Assault, Brock Turner, Stanford Victim
“On that morning, 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. But for now, I should go home and get back to my normal life. Imagine stepping back into th…”— Anonymous, mercurynews.comTagged: Sexual Assault, Brock Turner, Stanford Victim
“The three of us worked to comb the pine needles out of my hair, six hands to fill one paper bag. To calm me down, they said it’s just the flora and fauna, flora and fauna. I had multiple swabs inserted into my vagina and anus, needles for shots, pills, had a nikon pointed right into my spread legs.…”— Anonymous, mercurynews.comTagged: Sexual Assault, Stanford Victim, Brock Turner
“When I was finally allowed to use the restroom, I pulled down the hospital pants they had given me, went to pull down my underwear, and felt nothing. I still remember the feeling of my hands touching my skin and grabbing nothing. I looked down and there was nothing. The thin piece of fabric, the onl…”— Anonymous, mercurynews.comTagged: Sexual Assault, Brock Turner, Stanford Victim