The woman who read a compelling victim impact statement at the sentencing of Stanford swimmer Brock Turner, who sexually assaulted her in 2015, has revealed her identity for the first time.
Chanel Miller, formerly known in the media and legal proceedings as 'Emily Doe', has identified herself ahead of the release of her upcoming memoir, Know My Name.
"I think it's very powerful for this woman to have come forward publicly to give her name to a story that so many people know about and to publicly reclaim her voice, her agency and her power," Northwestern University law professor Deborah Tuerkheimer told CBS News.
The then 22-year-old was sexually assaulted, while unconscious and incapacitated by alcohol, by Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner, then 20, outside an on-campus fraternity house.
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Turner was sentenced to six months in jail in June 2016 after being convicted of three felony sexual assault charges, including sexual penetration of an unconscious woman, sexual penetration of an intoxicated woman and assault with intent to commit rape.
The sentencing, more than a year before the inception of the #MeToo movement, caused public outrage. Judge Aaron Persky was recalled by voters in 2018 following the backlash against his lenient decision.
Miller's powerful, 7000-word impact statement gained global attention after she read it out in court at Turner's sentencing in 2016.
"You don't know me, but you've been inside me. You are the cause, I am the effect. You have dragged me through this hell with you, dipped me back into that night again and again," she said.
"You knocked down both our towers, I collapsed at the same time you did. If you think I was spared, came out unscathed, that today I ride off into the sunset, while you suffer the greatest blow, you are mistaken.
"Nobody wins. We have all been devastated, we have all been trying to find some meaning in all of this suffering."
The statement was published in full by media outlets worldwide. Miller received letters from women across the globe, saying she inspired them to speak out on their own stories of sexual assault.
Turner served only three months of the six-month sentence. He was also sentenced to three years' probation, which ends this year, and has registered as a sex offender.
Miller will appear on 60 Minutes in an interview with Bill Whitaker later this month.
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